Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stephanoberyciformes - mořatky
Čeleď: Melamphaidae - velkošupinatkovití

Synonyma: Melamphaes microps (non Günther, 1878); Melamphaes microps longivelis Parr, 1933.

Typová lokalita: Ostrov Acklins, Bahamy, 22°31'N, 74°26'W, Pawnee station 41, 10000 stop.

Holotyp: YPM 2833

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1933. Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51.