Původní popis
de Santana, C.D., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A. & Crampton, W.G.R. 2007. Apteronotus galvisi, a new species of electric ghost knifefish from the Río Meta basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (2): 117–124.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.