Descrizione originale:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 5]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(4):235-242 (ffm00097)
Type species: Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (monotypy).
Elenco delle specie descritte (14):
valid: 2 synonym: 12- Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (valid)
- Ceraticthys vigilax Baird & Girard, 1853 (valid)
- Cochlognathus ornatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (synonym)
- Hyborhynchus confertus Girard, 1856 (synonym)
- Pimephales fasciatus Girard, 1856 (synonym)
- Pimephales maculosus Girard, 1856 (synonym)
- Hyborhynchus puniceus Girard, 1856 (synonym)
- Plargyrus melanocephalus Abbott, 1860 (synonym)
- Pimephales milesii Cope, 1865 (synonym)
- Pimephales agassizii Cope, 1867 (synonym)
- Coliscus parietalis Cope, 1871 (synonym)
- Hyborhynchus nigellus Cope, 1875 (synonym)
- Cliola smithii Evermann & Cox, 1896 (synonym)
- Pimephales anuli Kendall, 1903 (synonym)