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

Synonyma: Synodontis afrofischeri (non Hilgendorf, 1888); Synodontis grenshoffi Schilthuis, 1891; Synodontis depauwi (non Boulenger, 1899); Synodontis unicolor (non Boulenger, 1915); Synodontis tenuis (non Nichols & Griscom, 1917); Synodontis holopercnus Boulenger, 1920; Synodontis pantherinus Boulenger, 1920.

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.