Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stephanoberyciformes - mořatky
Čeleď: Melamphaidae - velkošupinatkovití

Synonyma: Lophocephalus anthrax Osório, 1906; Melamphaes triceratops Roule & Angel, 1933; Poromitra triceratops (Roule & Angel, 1933).

Typová lokalita: Atlantik, 34°28'25"N, 75°22'50"W, Blake station 328, hloubka 1632 sáhů; a jedna z neznámých lokalit.

Reference: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5): 183-226.