Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Labridae - pyskounovití

Synonyma: Thalassoma lutescens (non Lay & Bennet, 1839).

Reference: Gilbert, C. H. 1890. A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.