Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Stomiidae - světlonošovití

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. 24): 450-461.