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

Synonyma: Melamphaes crassicauda Koefoed, 1953; Metopias typhlops Lowe, 1843.

Typová lokalita: Madeira.

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.