Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Labridae - pyskounovití

Synonyma: Acantholabrus romeritus Valenciennes, 1843; Acantholabrus romerus Valenciennes, 1843; Acantholabrus viridis Valenciennes, 1839; Centrolabrus romeritus (Valenciennes, 1843); Crenilabrus trutta Lowe, 1834.

Typová lokalita: Madeira.

Reference: Lowe, R. T. 1834. Characters of a new genus Leirus, and of several new species of fishes from Madeira. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1833 (pt 1): 142-144.