Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Myctophiformes - hlubinovky
Čeleď: Myctophidae - lampovníkovití

Synonyma: Lampanyctus crocodilus (non Risso, 1810); Lampanyctus intricarius (non Tåning, 1928); Lampanyctus iselini Parr, 1934; Lampanyctus niger (non Günther, 1887); Nanobrachium macdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896.

Typová lokalita: Východně od New Jersey, USA, 39°48'N, 70°36'W, stanice Albatros 2553, hloubka 551 sáhů.

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2: Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls.