Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Astroblepidae - šplhavkovití

Reference: Eigenmann, C. H. 1922. The fishes of western South America, Part I. The fresh-water fishes of northwestern South America, including Colombia, Panama, and the Pacific slopes of Ecuador and Peru, together with an appendix upon the fishes of the Rio Meta in Colombia. Mem. Carnegie Mus. v. 9 (no. 1): 1-346, Pls. 1-38.