Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Cichlidae - vrubozubcovití

Reference: Boulenger, G. A. 1906. Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.--Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the Third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1): 537-619, Pls. 30-41.