Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Istiophoridae -

Synonyma: Histiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1873; Histiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793); Histiophorus immaculatus Rüppell, 1830; Histiophorus indicus Cuvier, 1832; Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Istiophorus amarui Curtiss, 1944; Istiophorus brookei Fowler, 1933; Istiophorus dubius Bleeker, 1873; Istiophorus eriquius Jordan & Ball, 1926; Istiophorus gladifer Lacepède, 1801; Istiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793); Istiophorus gladius greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Istiophorus gladus (Bloch, 1793); Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Istiophorus greyii Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Istiophorus immaculatus (Rüppell, 1830); Istiophorus japonicus Jordan & Thompson, 1914; Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, 1933; Istiophorus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); Istiophorus triactis Klunzinger, 1871; Scomber gladius Bloch, 1793; Xiphias platypterus Shaw, 1792; Xiphias velifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801.

Jiná pojmenování: Plachetník bělavý.

Typová lokalita: Indický oceán.

Holotyp: BMNH 1964.7.2.1

Reference: Shaw, G. & F. P. Nodder. 1789-1813. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London. Naturalist's Misc.: unnumbered pages.