Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Gadiformes - hrdloploutví
Čeleď: Macrouridae - hlavounovití

Synonyma: Chalinura ctenomelas Gilbert & Cramer, 1897; Lionurus ctenomelas (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897).

Reference: Gilbert, C. H. & F. Cramer. 1897. Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.