Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stephanoberyciformes - mořatky
Čeleď: Melamphaidae - velkošupinatkovití

Synonyma: Melamphaes opisthopterus Parr, 1933.

Typová lokalita: Ostrov Cat, Bahamy, 24°29'N, 75°53'W, 7000 stop.

Holotyp: YPM 2816

Reference: Parr, A. E. 1933. Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda islands. (Scientific results of the third oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1927.). Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ. v. 3 (art. 6): 1-51.