Synonyma
Melloina Amaral Campos, 1946 ― Melloina tambaqui Amaral Campos, 1946
Amaral Campos, A. 1946. Novo gênero e novas espécies de Caracídios do baixo amazonas. Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo v. 7 (no. 17): 217-220, 1 pl.
Waiteina Fowler, 1907 ― Myletes nigripinnis Cope, 1878
Fowler, H. W. 1907. Further knowledge of some heterognathous fishes. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58 (for 1906): 431-483.
Typový druh
Myletes oculus Cope, 1872.
Původní popis
Eigenmann, C. H. & Kennedy, C. H. 1903. On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55: 497-537.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.