Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Chaenopsidae - slizounkovití

Reference: Hastings, P. A. & D. R. Robertson   1999. Acanthemblemaria atrata and Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, new species of eastern Pacific barnacle blennies (Chaenopsidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, and Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico, and their relationships with other barnacle blennies. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. v. 25 (no. 3-4) [1998]: 107-118.