Paracritheus Bergroth, 1891b: 214. New name for Astyanax Stål, 1868.
Astyanax Stål, 1868d: 511 (junior primary homonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854, Pisces). Type species by original designation: Scutellera trimaculata Lepeletier & Serville, 1828.