Původní popis
Mooi, R. D. & Randall, J. E. 1991. Three new species of the genus Plesiops (Teleostei: Plesiopidae) from tropical Australian and adjacent seas. Copeia 1991 (no. 2): 373-387.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.