Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Cottidae - vrankovití

Typový druh: Acanthocottus profundorum Gilbert, 1896

Reference: Jordan, D. S. & B. W. Evermann 1896. A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 21 [1895] Append. 5: 207-584.

Přehled druhů

• Zesticelus bathybius (Günther, 1878)
  Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. 'Challenger'. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 5) v. 2 (nos. 7/8/9): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251.
• Zesticelus japonicus Oshima, 1957
  Oshima, M. 1957. Notes on the bottom-fishes obtained at off-shores of Niigata and Yamagata prefectures, with descriptions of five new species. Jpn. J. Ichthyol. v. 6 (nos. 1-2): 1-8.
• Zesticelus ochotensis Yabe, 1995
  Yabe, M. 1995. A new species of sculpin, Zesticelus ochotensis (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), from the southwestern Okhotsk Sea. Jpn. J. Ichthyol. v. 42 (no. 1): 17-20.
• Zesticelus profundorum (Gilbert, 1896)
  Gilbert, C. H. 1896. The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 19 [1893]: 393-476, Pls. 20-35.

Statistické údaje

Počet druhů: 4