Původní popis
Fraser-Brunner, A. 1941. Notes on the Plectognath fishes.--VII. The Aracanidae, a distinct family of ostraciontoid fishes, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 11) v. 8 (no. 46): 306-313.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.