Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cyprinodontiformes - halančíkovci
Čeleď: Nothobranchiidae -

Reference: Wildekamp, R. H. & R. Haas. 1992. Redescription of Nothobranchius microlepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 3 (no. 1): 1-16.