考慮為晚期同種異名 Perissodus Boulenger, 1898
- Takahashi, Rieko & K. Watanabe, M. Nishida, M.Hori. 2007. "Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: a molecular phylogenetic approach". Evolutionary Biology. 7;(195):1-11. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-195 (crc01617) (摘要)
最初的描述(命名) :
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1898. "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3:494-497 (crc00006)
模式物種: Plecodus paradoxus Boulenger, 1898.