Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Trichomycteridae - kandirovití

Reference: Girard, C. F. 1855. Contributions to the fauna of Chile. Report to Lieut. James M. Gilliss, U. S. N., upon the fishes collected by the U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere during the years 1849-50-51-52. Washington. 1858, 2 vols., 42 pls. Fauna Chile, Astronomical Exped.