Původní popis
Gill, A. C. & D. F. Hoese. 2004. Three new Australian species of the fish genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae). Rec. Aust. Mus. v. 56 (no. 2): 241-246.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.