Gattungsbeschreibung: 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. vol. 3: pp. 494-497
Typusart: Perissodus microlepis BOULENGER, 1898
Beschriebene Arten:
Perissodus eccentricus LIEM & STEWART, 1976
Perissodus elaviae (POLL, 1949)
Perissodus microlepis BOULENGER, 1898
Perissodus multidentatus (POLL, 1952)
Perissodus paradoxus (BOULENGER, 1898)
Perissodus straeleni (POLL, 1948)