Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cypriniformes - máloostní
Čeleď: Cyprinidae - kaprovití

Reference: Agassiz, L. 1855. Art. XII. Synopsis of the ichthyological fauna of the Pacific slope of North America, chiefly from the collections made by the U. S. Expl. Exped. under the command of Captain C. Wilkes, with recent additions and comparisons with eastern types. Am. J. Sci. Arts (Ser. 2) v. 19 (no. 55): 71-99.