Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cyprinodontiformes - halančíkovci
Čeleď: Poeciliidae - živorodkovití

Synonyma: Gambusia affinis holbrocki (Girard, 1859); Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859); Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859; Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859; Gambusia patruelis holbrooki (Girard, 1859); Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859); Heterandria uninotata (non Poey, 1860); Schizophallus holbrooki (Girard, 1859); Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878.

Typová lokalita: Palatka, východní Florida; Charleston, Jižní Karolína, USA.

Reference: Girard, C. F. 1859. Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11: 56-68.