Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Serranidae - kanicovití

Reference: Fowler, H. W. & B. A. Bean. 1930. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Amiidae ... and Serranidae, obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910 ... adjacent seas. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 100, v. 10: i-ix + 1-334.