Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Beloniformes - jehlotvární
Čeleď: Hemiramphidae - polozobánkovití

Synonyma: Esox ectuntio Hamilton, 1822; Hemiramphus amblyurus Bleeker, 1849; Hemiramphus borneensis Bleeker, 1851; Hemirhamphus amblyurus Bleeker, 1849; Hemirhamphus ectunctio (Hamilton, 1822); Zenarchopterus amblyurus (Bleeker, 1849); Zenarchopterus borneensis (Bleeker, 1851); Zenarchopterus hendersoni Fowler, 1919.

Reference: Hamilton, F. [Buchanan]. 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Fishes Ganges: i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.