Původní popis
Dawson, C. E. 1962. A new gobioid fish, Microdesmus lanceolatus, from the Gulf of Mexico with notes on M. longipinnis (Weymouth). Copeia 1962 (no. 2): 330-336.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.