Erstbeschreibung:
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
Typusart: Characodon lateralis Günther, 1866 (monotypisch).
Beschriebene Art eingefügt (3):
valide: 2 Synonym: 1- Characodon lateralis Günther, 1866 (valide)
- Characodon garmani Jordan & Everman, 1898 (valide)
- Characodon audax Smith & Miller, 1986 (Synonym)