Původní popis
Springer, V. G. & Randall, J. E. 1992. Platygobiopsis akihito, new genus and species of gobiid fish from Flores, Indonesia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 38 (no. 4): 349-355.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.