Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Aulopiformes - jinožábří
Čeleď: Scopelarchidae - stříboočkovití

Reference: Alcock, A. W. 1896. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338.