Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Scorpaeniformes - ropušnicotvární
Čeleď: Peristediidae - brňákovití

Reference: Okamura, O., Y. Machida, T. Yamakawa, K. Matsuura & T. Yatou. 1985. Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters. Vol. 2. The intensive research of unexploited fishery resources on continental slopes. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association, Tokyo. Fish. Okinawa Trough v. 2: 418-781, Pls. 206-418.