Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Gadiformes - hrdloploutví
Čeleď: Macrouridae - hlavounovití

Synonyma: Bathygadus melanobranchus (non Vaillant, 1888).

Typová lokalita: Ostrov Martinik, West Indies, stanice Blake 200 [ne 80], hloubka 472 sáhů.

Holotyp: MCZ 27974

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean 1886. Reports on the results of dredging ... in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. coast survey steamer "Blake," ... XXVIII.--Description of thirteen species and two genera of fishes from the "Blake" collection. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 12 (no. 5): 153-170.