Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Tetraodontiformes - čtverzubci
Čeleď: Monacanthidae - pilníkotrnovití

Synonyma: Aleuterius brownii Richardson, 1846; Bigener brownii (Richardson, 1846).

Reference: Richardson, J. 1844-48. Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror,... In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray. The zoology of the voyage of H. H. S. "Erebus & Terror," under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross ... during ... 1839-43. London. Ichthy. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60.