Původní popis
Keith, P., Marquet, G. & Watson, R.E. 2008. Akihito futuna, a new species of freshwater goby from the South Pacific (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Cybium, 31 (4) [2007]: 471-476.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.