Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Ophidiiformes - hrujovci
Čeleď: Aphyonidae - hlubinářovití

Reference: Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.