Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Pleuronectiformes - platýsi
Čeleď: Paralichthyidae - platýsovcovití

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean   1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226.