Třída: Chondrichthyes - paryby
Řád: Torpediniformes - parejnoci
Čeleď: Torpedinidae - parejnokovití

Synonyma: Torpedo chilensis (non Guichenot, 1848); Tetranarce californica (Ayres, 1855).

Reference: Ayres, W. O. 1855. [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77.