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

Synonyma: Ctenopoma petherici (non Günther, 1864); Anabas petherici (non Günther, 1864); Ctenopoma murei murei (Boulenger, 1906); Ctenopoma murieri (Boulenger, 1906); Anabas muriei Boulenger, 1906; Spirobranchus muriei (Boulenger, 1906); Ctenopoma muriei muriei (Boulenger, 1906); Anabas ctenotis (non Boulenger, 1919); Anabas houyi Ahl, 1927.

Reference: Boulenger, G. A. 1906. On the presence of two species of Anabas in the White Nile and the Bahr-el-Gebel. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 18 (no. 107): 348.