Původní popis
Walker, H. J., Jr. & W. A. Bussing. 1996. Two new pufferfishes of the genus Sphoeroides from the Eastern Pacific. Copeia 1996 (no. 3): 677-684.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.