It was originally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1832 in the paper "Continuation of the description and figure of several new fish, in the Nile. p1-14".
Nó được mô tả lần đầu tiên bởi Eduard Rüppell năm 1832 trong bài báo "Continuation of the description and figure of several new fish, in the Nile. p1-14".