Typový druh
Elipesurus spinicauda Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843
Původní popis
Schomburgk, R. H. 1843. The natural history of fishes of Guiana.--Part II. In: Jardine, W. (ed.), The Naturalists' Library. Vol. 5. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh. [Also an 1852 edition, entitled Fishes of British Guiana, as v. 40.]. Fish British Guiana II.
