最初的描述(命名) :
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 5]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(4):235-242 (ffm00097)
模式物種: Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (monotypy).
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (14):
有效: 2 同義字: 12- Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (有效)
- Ceraticthys vigilax Baird & Girard, 1853 (有效)
- Cochlognathus ornatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (同義字)
- Hyborhynchus confertus Girard, 1856 (同義字)
- Pimephales fasciatus Girard, 1856 (同義字)
- Pimephales maculosus Girard, 1856 (同義字)
- Hyborhynchus puniceus Girard, 1856 (同義字)
- Plargyrus melanocephalus Abbott, 1860 (同義字)
- Pimephales milesii Cope, 1865 (同義字)
- Pimephales agassizii Cope, 1867 (同義字)
- Coliscus parietalis Cope, 1871 (同義字)
- Hyborhynchus nigellus Cope, 1875 (同義字)
- Cliola smithii Evermann & Cox, 1896 (同義字)
- Pimephales anuli Kendall, 1903 (同義字)