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

Synonyma: Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915); Coryphaenoides carinatus (non Günther, 1878); Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896); Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888; Coryphaenoides suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897); Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878; Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896); Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887); Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875; Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883; Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896); Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887; Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897; Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896); Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915; Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875); Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896; Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888); Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887); Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897).

Typová lokalita: Asi 200 mil západně od mysu Farewell, Nový Zéland, hloubky 400 sáhů.

Holotyp: BMNH 1982.6.8.1

Reference: Hector, J. 1875. Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New Zealand seas by H. M. S. "Challenger" Expedition July 1874. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 85): 78-82.