Původní popis
Iwata, A. & H. Sakai 2002. Odontobutis hikimius n. sp.: a new freshwater goby from Japan, with a key to species of the genus. Copeia 2002 (no. 1): 104-110.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.