Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Malapteruridae - pasumcovití

Reference: Norris, S. M. 2002. A revision of the African electric catfishes, Family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species and an annotated bibliography. Koninklijk Mus. Midden-Afr. Tervuren v. 289: 1-155.