Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Stomiiformes - velkoústí
Čeleď: Phosichthyidae - světelníkovití

Synonyma: Maurolicus lucetius Garman, 1899; Vinciguerria lucetius (Garman, 1899); Vinciguerria lutecia (Garman, 1899).

Reference: Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.