Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Scorpaenidae - ropušnicovití

Reference: Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.