Původní popis
de Santana, C.D., Castillo, O. & Taphorn, D. 2006. Apteronotus magoi, a new species of ghost knifefish from the Río Orinoco basin, Venezuela (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 17 (3): 275–280.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.