Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Pleuronectiformes - platýsi
Čeleď: Cynoglossidae - jazykovcovití

Synonyma: Aphoristia pusilla Goode & Bean, 1885.

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1885. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605.