Třída: Chondrichthyes - paryby
Řád: Chimaeriformes - chimérotvaří
Čeleď: Rhinochimaeridae - pachimérovití

Holotyp: RUSI 27744

Reference: Compagno, L. J. V., M. Stehmann & D. A. Ebert. 1990. Rhinochimaera africana sp. n., a new longnosed chimaera from southern Africa, with comments on the systematics and distribution of the genus Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901 (Chondrichthyes, Chimaeriformes, Rhinochimaeridae). S. Afr. J. Mar. Res. v. 9: 201-222.