Původní popis
Patten, J. M. & W. Ivantsoff. 1983. A new genus and species of atherinid fish, Dentatherina merceri from the western Pacific. Jpn. J. Ichthyol. v. 29 (no. 4): 329-339.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.