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

Reference: Gilbert, C. H. 1890. A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.