Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Atheriniformes - gavúni
Čeleď: Atherinidae - gavúnovití

Synonyma: Atherina duodecimalis (non Valenciennes, 1835).

Reference: Smith, J. L. B. 1965. Fishes of the family Atherinidae of the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean with a new freshwater genus and species from Madagascar. Ichthyol. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. No. 31: 601-632, Pls. 98-102.