Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Acanthuridae - bodlokovití

Reference: Fowler, H. W. & B. A. Bean   1929. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent waters. The fishes of the series Capriformes, Ephippiformes, and Squamipennes, collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" chiefly in Philippine Seas and adjacent waters. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 100, v. 8: i-xi + 1-352.