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

Synonyma: Brotulaenia crassa Parr, 1934; Brotulataenia crassa Parr, 1934.

Typová lokalita: Ostrov New Providence, Bahamy, 25°39'N, 77°18'W, Atlantis stanice 1478, hloubka 1050-1100 m.

Holotyp: YPM 3205

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1934. Report on experimental use of a triangular trawl for bathypelagic collecting with an account of the fishes obtained and a revision of the family Cetomimidae. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 4 (art. 6): 1-59.