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

Synonyma: Melanostomias bulbosus Beebe, 1933; Melanostomias spilorhynchus Regan & Trewavas, 1930.

Typová lokalita: 44°10'N, 52°35'W, Newfoundland, hloubka 150 sáhů.

Holotyp: USNM 22364

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1927. The Stomiatoid fishes of the suborder Gymnophotodermi (Astronesthidae, Melanostomiatidae, Idiacanthidae) with a complete review of the species. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 2): 1-123.