Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Anabantidae - lezounovití

Synonyma: Ctenopoma petherici (non Günther, 1864); Anabas kingsleyae (Günther, 1896); Anabas muriei (non Boulenger, 1906); Anabas argentoventer Ahl, 1922.

Reference: Günther, A. 1896. Report on a collection of reptiles and fishes made by Miss. M. H. Kingsley during her travels on the Ogowe River and in Old Calabar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 6) v. 17 (no. 100): 261-285, Pls. 13-15.