Původní popis
Ho, H.-C., Prokofiev, A.M. & Shao, K.-T. 2009. A New Species of the Batfish Genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Northwestern Indian Ocean. Zoological Studies, 48 (3): 394-401.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.