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

Synonyma: Lampanyctus taaningi Parr, 1929; Myctophum gemmifer (non Goode & Bean (1879).

Typová lokalita: Ostrov Crooked, Bahamy, 22°43'N, 74°23'W, 8000 stop.

Holotyp: YPM 2261

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1928. Deepsea fishes of the order Iniomi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. With annotated keys to the Sudididae, Myctophidae, Scopelarchidae, Evermannellidae, Omosudidae, Cetomimidae and Rondeletidae of the world. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 3): 1-193.