Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Ariidae - křížovcovití

Reference: Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.