1892年、Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14巻において、アメリカの魚類学者Charles Henry Gilbertによって Catulus cephalus の名で記載された。記載はレビジャヒヘド諸島、クラリオン島沖の841mの深度で採集された24cmの成体雄に基づいている[3]。1941年、Henry F. BigelowとWilliam C. Schroederは新属Cephalurusを立てて本種を含めた[4]。パナマ・ペルー・チリ沖から採集される個体は微妙に大きさが異なり、本属には未記載種がもう数種含まれるようである[3]。
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