Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Siluriformes - sumci
Čeleď: Plotosidae - plotosovití

Synonyma: Plotosus tandanus Mitchell, 1838.

Reference: Mitchell, J. 1838. Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored regions of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. London. Interior Aust. v. 1: 1-351.