Původní popis
de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P. 2009. The South American Electric Fish Genus Platyurosternarchus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Copeia, 2009 (2): 233-244.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.