Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Pleuronectiformes - platýsi
Čeleď: Poecilopsettidae -

Typová lokalita: New Jersey, U.S.A., 39°57'N, 70°57'30"W, Fish Hawk stanice 875, hloubka 126 fm, a 39°57'N, 70°56'W, stanice 876, hloubka 120 sáhů.

Reference: Goode, G. B. 1881. Fishes from the deep water on the south coast of New England obtained by the United States Fish Commission in the summer of 1880. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 177): 467-486.