Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Anguilliformes - holobřiší
Čeleď: Ophichthidae - hadařovití

Reference: Jordan, D. S. & C. H. Bollman. 1890. Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-'88. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770): 149-183.