Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Psychrolutidae - tlustohlavcovití

Reference: McCulloch, A. R. 1926. Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part V. Biol. Results "Endeavour" v. 5 (pt 4): 157-216, Pls. 43-56.