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

Typová lokalita: Turks Island Passage, West Indies, 21°30'N, 71°11'W, 8000 stop.

Holotyp: YPM 2855

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1933. Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51.