Původní popis
Munroe, T. A. & D. R. Robertson. 2005. Symphurus ocellaris, a new shallow-water symphurine tonguefish collected off Panama (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 118 (no. 3): 576-581.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.