Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Sternoptychidae - stříbrnáčovití

Synonyma: Argyropelachus affinis Garman, 1899; Argyropelecus pacificus Schultz, 1961.

Typová lokalita: Antily, 15°24'40"N, 63°31'30"W, Albatros stanice 2117, hloubka 683 sáhů.

Holotyp: USNM 44593

Reference: Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.