Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Beloniformes - jehlotvární
Čeleď: Hemiramphidae - polozobánkovití

Synonyma: Hemiramphus affinis Günther, 1866; Hemiramphus australensis Seale, 1906; Hemirhamphus affinis Günther, 1866; Hemirhamphus balinensis (non Bleeker, 1959); Hemirhamphus delagoae Barnard, 1925; Hemirhamphus dussumieri (non Valenciennes, 1847); Hyporhamphus balinensis (non Bleeker, 1859); Hyporhamphus delagoae (Barnard, 1925); Hyporhamphus dussumieri (non Valenciennes, 1847).

Typová lokalita: Jižní moře.

Reference: Günther, A. 1866. Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 6: i-xv + 1-368.