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

Synonyma: Argyripnus sladeni (Regan, 1908); Argyropelecus hawaiensis Schultz, 1960; Argyropelecus lychnus (non Garman, 1899); Argyropelecus lychnus lychnus (non Garman, 1899); Argyropelecus olfersi (non Cuvier, 1829); Argyropelecus olfersii (non Cuvier, 1829).

Typová lokalita: Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, hloubka 400-500 sáhů.

Holotyp: BMNH 1908.3.23.5

Reference: Regan, C. T. 1908. Report on the marine fishes collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the Indian Ocean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Ser. 2, Zool.) v. 12 (pt 3): 217-255, Pls. 23-32.