Původní popis
Smith, J. L. B. 1958. Tetraodont fishes from South and East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 1 (no. 2): 156-160, Pl. 2.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.