Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Ophidiiformes - hrujovci
Čeleď: Bythitidae - jeskyňovkovití

Reference: Alcock, A. W. 1889. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding.--No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 6) v. 4 (no. 23): 376-399.