Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Carangidae - kranasovití

Synonyma: Caranx cuvieri Lowe, 1838; Caranx suareus Risso, 1833; Seriola picturata Bowdich, 1825; Trachurus fallax Capello, 1867; Trachurus melanosaurus Cocco, 1839; Trachurus rissoi Giglioli, 1880; Trachurus suareus (Risso, 1833).

Typová lokalita: Madeira.

Reference: Bowdich, S. L. 1825. Fishes of Madeira. Pp. 121-125 and 233-238. In: T. E. Bowdich. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa. London. Fish. Madeira: i-xii + 1-278, 11 pls. + 10 pls.