Původní popis
Parin, N. V. 1994. Three new species and new records of the black scabbard fishes genus Aphanopus (Trichiuridae). Voprosy Ikhtiol. v. 34 (no. 6): 740-746.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.