Typová lokalita
Small stream, tributary tof Piraí river, between the village of Rio Claro and Lidice, Paraíba do Sul river basin, ca. 22°40'S, 44°02'W, Município de Claro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
Původní popis
Barbosa, M. A. & Costa, W. J. E. M. 2012. Trichomycterus macrophthalmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology, 62 (1): 79-82.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.