Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Mugiliformes - cípalové
Čeleď: Mugilidae - cípalovití

Synonyma: Mugil albula Linnaeus, 1766; Mugil ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Mugil cephalotus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil cephalus ashanteensis Bleeker, 1863; Mugil cephalus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758; Mugil crenilabis our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil dobula Günther, 1861; Mugil galapagensis (non Ebeling, 1961); Mugil gelatinosus Klunzinger, 1872; Mugil grandis Castelnau, 1879; Mugil hypselosoma Ogilby, 1897; Mugil chaptalii (non Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850); Mugil japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845; Mugil lineatus Valenciennes, 1836; Mugil mexicanus Steindachner, 1876; Mugil muelleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil mulleri Klunzinger, 1880; Mugil occidentalis Castelnau, 1873; Mugil our Forsskål, 1775; Mugil perusii (non Valenciennes, 1836); Mugil provensalis Risso, 1810; Mugil tang Bloch, 1794; Mugil vulpinus Nardo, 1847; Myxus barnardi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1914; Myxus caecutiens Günther, 1876; Myxus pacificus Steindachner, 1900; Myxus superficialis Klunzinger, 1870.

Typová lokalita: Evropská moře, Evropa.

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.