Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Pseudochromidae - sapínovcovití

Reference: Fowler, H. W. 1931. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pseudochromidae ... and Teraponidae, collected by ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 11: i-xi + 1-388.