Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Peristediidae - brňákovití

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1886. Reports on the results of dredging ... in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. coast survey steamer "Blake," ... XXVIII.--Description of thirteen species and two genera of fishes from the "Blake" collection. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 12 (no. 5): 153-170.