Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cyprinodontiformes - halančíkovci
Čeleď: Nothobranchiidae -

Reference: Clausen, H. S. 1966. Definition of a new cyprinodont genus and description of a "new" but well-known West African cyprinodont, with a clarification of the terms "sjöstedti", Aphyosemion sjöstedti (Lönnberg), and Aphyosemion coeruleum (Boulenger). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. v. 74 (pts 3-4): 331-341.