Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Clupeiformes - bezostní
Čeleď: Engraulidae - sardelovití

Synonyma: Thryssa mystax (non Schneider, 1801); Scutengraulis hamiltoni (Gray, 1835); Scutengraulis hamiltonii (Gray, 1835); Stolephorus hamiltonii (Gray, 1835); Thrissocles hamiltonii (Gray, 1835); Thryssa hamiltoni (Gray, 1835); Thrissa hamiltonii Gray, 1835; Engraulis grayi Bleeker, 1851; Engraulis nasuta Castelnau, 1878.

Reference: Gray, J. E. 1830-35. Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F.R.S., .... 20 parts in 2 vols. Illus. Indian Zool.. Pls. 1-202.