Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Scorpaenidae - ropušnicovití

Reference: Alcock, A. W. 1889. Natural history notes from H. M.'s Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' ... .--No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888-89. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 296-305, Pl. 22.