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

Reference: Hutton, F. W. 1872. Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species [Followed by an article by J. Hector, Notes on the edible fishes, pp. 95-133]. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington. Fishes New Zealand: 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12.