Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Sparidae - mořanovití

Synonyma: Acanthopagrus vagus Peters, 1852; Chrysophrys berda (Forsskal, 1775); Chrysophrys berda calamara Day, 1876; Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830; Chrysophrys estuarius Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908; Chrysophrys hasta (non Valenciennes, 1830); Chrysophrys longispinnis Valenciennes, 1830; Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830; Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908; Chrysophrys vagus Peters, 1868; Mylio berda (Forsskal, 1775); Pagrus berda (Forsskal, 1775); Pagrus caffer Castelnau, 1861; Pagrus robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908); Sparidentex hasta (non Valenciennes, 1830); Sparus berda Forsskal, 1775; Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830); Sparus vagus (Peters, 1852).

Reference: Forsskål, P.   1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descr. Animalium: 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map.