Původní popis
Stokell, G. 1939. A new freshwater fish of the genus Philypnodon. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 69 (pt 1): 129-133, Pl. 15.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.