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

Synonyma: Echiostoma barbatum (non Lowe, 1843); Echiostoma margarita Goode & Bean, 1896; Echiostoma margaritum (Goode & Bean, 1896); Echiostoma richardi Zugmayer, 1913; Eustomias aguayoi Barbour, 1942; Photonectes flagellatus Parr, 1927; Photonectes intermedius Parr, 1927; Photonectes marginata (Goode & Bean, 1896); Photonectes monodactylus Regan & Trewavas, 1930; Photonectes richardi (Zugmayer, 1913).

Typová lokalita: Mexický záliv, 28°38'30"N, 87°02'00"W, Albatros stanice 2394, hloubka 420 sáhů.

Holotyp: USNM 39282

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2: Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls.