Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Aulopiformes - jinožábří
Čeleď: Paralepididae - barakudinovití

Synonyma: Lestidiops jayakari jayakari (Boulenger, 1889); Lestidium jayakari (Boulenger, 1889); Lestidium pseudosphyraenoides danae (Ege, 1930); Macroparalepis egei Maul, 1945; Paralepis proximus Ege, 1933; Paralepis pseudosphyraenoides danae Ege, 1930; Sudis jayakari Boulenger, 1889.

Typová lokalita: Muscat, Omán.

Holotyp: BMNH 1889.4.25[?15].60

Reference: Boulenger, G. A. 1889. Second account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, east coast of Arabia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1889 (pt 2): 236-246, Pls. 25-28.