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

Synonyma: Chalinura carapina (Goode & Bean, 1883); Chaulinura carapina (Goode & Bean, 1883); Lionurus carapinus (Goode & Bean, 1883); Macrurus carapinus (Goode & Bean, 1883); Nematonurus ferrani Fraser-Brunner, 1935.

Typová lokalita: Atlantik, 39°43'00"N, 70°55'25"W, stanice Blake 342, hloubka 1002 sáhů.

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226.