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

Synonyma: Coryphaenoides misakius Jordan & Gilbert, 1904; Lionurus misakius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904); Macrourus asper (non Günther, 1877).

Reference: Jordan, D. S. & E. C. Starks. 1904. List of fishes dredged by the steamer Albatross off the coast of Japan in the summer of 1900, with descriptions of new species and a review of the Japanese Macrouridae. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 22 [1902]: 577-630, Pls. 1-8.