Typová lokalita
Cano "Santa Rita" (right bank tributary of river Nanay), 3.32 mi north-west of center of Iquitos, 3°45'23"S, 73°17'28"W, Maynas Province, Depto. Loreto, Peru.
Původní popis
Akama, A. & Ferraris, C. J., Jr. 2011. Spinipterus, a new genus of small, spiny catfish (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Peruvian Amazon. Zootaxa No. 2992: 51-60.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.