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

Synonyma: Anabas multispinis (non Peters, 1844); Anabas machadoi Fowler, 1930.

Reference: Fowler, H. W. 1930. The freshwater fishes obtained by the Gray African Expedition--1929. With notes on other species in the Academy collection. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 82: 27-83.