Erstbeschreibung: Boulenger, George Albert. 1896. „Descriptions of new fishes from the Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa, collected by Dr. Percy Rendall, and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C. B.“. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp. 915-920
Typusart: Docimodus johnstoni BOULENGER, 1896
Beschriebene Arten:
Docimodus evelynae ECCLES & LEWIS, 1976
Docimodus johnstoni BOULENGER, 1897