Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Pleuronectiformes - platýsi
Čeleď: Scophthalmidae - pakambalovití

Synonyma: Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806; Pleuronectes maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814); Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758; Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802; Psetta maeotica (non Pallas, 1814); Psetta maxima maxima (Linnaeus, 1758); Rhombus aculeatus Gottsche, 1835; Rhombus maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814); Rhombus magnus Minding, 1832; Rhombus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758); Rhombus stellosus Bennett, 1835; Scophthalmus maeoticus (non Pallas, 1814); Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758); Scophthalmus ponticus Ninni, 1932.

Typová lokalita: Evropský oceán.

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.