Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Phosichthyidae - světelníkovití

Synonyma: Diplophos corythaeolum Alcock, 1898; Pollymetme corythaeola (Alcock, 1898); Polymetme africana (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924); Yarella corythaeola (Alcock, 1898); Yarrella africana Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924; Yarrella blackfordi africana Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924; Yarrella blackfordi corythaeola (Alcock, 1898); Yarrella blackfordi illustris (McCulloch, 1926); Yarrella corythaeola (Alcock, 1898); Yarrella illustris (McCulloch, 1926).

Typová lokalita: Andamanské moře, Investigator station 115, 116 a 233, v 188-220, hloubka 185 a 405 sáhů.

Reference: Alcock, A. W. 1898. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey ship 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 25. A note on the deep-sea fishes, with descriptions of some new genera and species, including another probably viviparous ophidioid. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 2 (no. 8): 136-156.