Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Caproidae - drsnatcovití

Reference: McCulloch, A. R. 1915. Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia, Part III. Biol. Results "Endeavour" v. 3 (pt 3): 97-170, Pls. 13-37.