Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Beloniformes - jehlotvární
Čeleď: Scomberesocidae - rohoretkovití

Synonyma: Belone saurus (Walbaum, 1792); Esox brasiliensis Pennant, 1787; Esox saurus Walbaum, 1792; Grammiconotus bicolor Costa, 1862; Sayris bimaculatus Rafinesque, 1810; Sayris hians Rafinesque, 1810; Sayris maculata Rafinesque, 1810; Sayris recurvirostra Rafinesque, 1810; Sayris serrata Rafinesque, 1810; Scomberesox camperi Lacepède, 1803; Scomberesox camperii Lacepède, 1803; Scomberesox equirostrum Lesueur, 1821; Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792); Scomberesox scutellatum Lesueur, 1821; Scomberesox storeri Dekay, 1842; Scombresox rondeleti Valenciennes, 1846; Scombresox rondeletii Valenciennes, 1846; Scombresox saurus (Walbaum, 1792).

Typová lokalita: Cornwallská a Britská moře.

Reference: Walbaum, J. J. 1792. Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald]. Artedi Piscium Pt. 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.