Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Ophidiiformes - hrujovci
Čeleď: Ophidiidae - hrujovití

Synonyma: Neobythites robustus Goode & Bean, 1886; Pteridium armatum Döderlein, 1886; Sirembo muraenolepis Vaillant, 1888.

Typová lokalita: Moro Castle, Havana, Kuba, hloubka 250-400 sáhů.

Holotyp: USNM 29057

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.