Třída: Chondrichthyes - paryby
Řád: Squaliformes - ostrouni
Čeleď: Dalatiidae - světlounovití

Synonyma:

Bola coioides Hamilton, 1822; Cephalopholis nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1828); Epinephelus coiodes (Hamilton, 1822); Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (non Lacepède, 1802); Epinephelus malabaricus (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Epinephelus nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1828); Epinephelus salmoides (non Lacepède, 1802); Epinephelus suillus (Valenciennes, 1828); Epinephelus tauvina (non Forrskål, 1775); Homalogrystes guntheri Alleyne & Macleay, 1877; Serranus nebulosus Valenciennes, 1828; Serranus salmonoides (non Valenciennes, 1828); Serranus suillus Valenciennes, 1828.

Reference: Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches.: i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.