Původní popis
Dawson, C. E. 1970. A new wormfish (Gobioidea: Microdesmidae) from the northern Red Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 83 (no. 25): 267-272.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.