Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Stomiidae - světlonošovití

Synonyma: Echiostoma calliobarba Parr, 1934; Echiostoma ctenobarba Parr, 1927; Echiostoma ctenobarba ctenobarba Parr, 1927; Echiostoma ctenobarba ramifer Parr, 1934; Echiostoma guentheri Regan & Trewavas, 1930; Echiostoma tanneri (Gill, 1883); Echiostomias barbatum Lowe, 1843; Hyperchoristus tanneri Gill, 1883.

Typová lokalita: Madeira.

Holotyp: BMNH 1917.7.14.82

Reference: Lowe, R. T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1843 (pt 11): 81-95.