Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Percophidae - plošcovití

Reference: Nelson, J. S. 1982. Pteropsaron heemstrai and Osopsaron natalensis (Perciformes: Percophidae), new fish species from South Africa, with comments on Squamicreedia obtusa from Australia and on the classification of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 25: 1-11.