Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Mochokidae - peřovcovití

Synonyma: Synodontis robbianus (non Smith, 1875); Synodontis tholloni Boulenger, 1901; Synodontis angelicus zonatus Poll, 1933; Synodontis werneri Boeseman, 1957.

Reference: Schilthuis, L. 1891. On a collection of fishes from the Congo; with description of some new species. Tijdschr. Ned. Dierk. Ver. Ser. 2 v. 3: 83-92, Pl. 6.