Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Myctophiformes - hlubinovky
Čeleď: Myctophidae - lampovníkovití

Synonyma: Myctophum mexicanum Gilbert, 1890; Myctophum oculeum Garman, 1899; Triphoturus oculeum (Garman, 1899).

Reference: Gilbert, C. H. 1890. A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.