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

Synonyma: Amorphocephalus granulatus Bowdich, 1825; Coryphaena lineata Gmelin, 1789; Coryphaena lineolata Rafinesque, 1810; Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758; Coryphaena psittacus Linnaeus, 1766; Hemipteronotus copei Fowler, 1900; Hemipteronotus novacula (Linnaeus, 1758); Hemipteronotus psittacus (Linnaeus, 1766); Novacula coryphaena Risso, 1827; Novacula coryphaenoides Schinz, 1822; Novacula coryphena Risso, 1827; Novacula cultrata (Valenciennes, 1840); Novacula lineata (Gmelin, 1789); Novacula lineolata (Rafinesque, 1810); Novacula novacula (Linnaeus, 1758); Xyrichthys argentimaculata Steindachner, 1861; Xyrichthys binghami Mowbray, 1925; Xyrichthys cultratus Valenciennes, 1840; Xyrichthys jessiae Jordan, 1888; Xyrichthys lineatus (non Valenciennes, 1840); Xyrichthys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758); Xyrichthys psittacus (Linnaeus, 1766); Xyrichthys rosipes Jordan & Gilbert, 1884; Xyrichthys uniocellatus Agassiz, 1931; Xyrichthys vermiculatus Poey, 1860; Xyrichthys vitta Valenciennes, 1840.

Typová lokalita: Středozemní moře.

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.