Typová lokalita
Rio Tapajós basin, São Luis, Amazonas, Brazil.
Původní popis
Caires, R. A. & Figueiredo, J. L. de 2011. Review of the genus Microphilypnus Myers, 1927 (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from the lower Amazon basin, with description of one new species. Zootaxa No. 3036: 39-57.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.