Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cyprinodontiformes - halančíkovci
Čeleď: Poeciliidae - živorodkovití

Synonyma: Aplocheilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894); Aplocheilichthys johnstonii (Günther, 1894); Aplocheilichthys myaposae (non Boulenger, 1908); Aplocheilus johnstoni (Günther, 1894); Haplochilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894); Haplochilus atripinna (non Pfeffer, 1896); Haplochilus johnstoni Günther, 1894; Micropanchax carlislei (non Van der Horst, 1934).

Reference: Günther, A. 1894. Second report on the reptiles, batrachians, and fishes transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C. B., from British Central Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (pt 4): 616-628, Pls. 53-57.