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

Synonyma: Synodontis serratus (non Rüppell, 1829).

Reference: Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.