Typová lokalita
Provincia de SanJuan, Departmento Jachal, Río Huerta, 30°01'S, 68°48'W, Argentina, elevation 2000 meters.
Původní popis
Fernández, L., Sanabria, E. A., Quiroga, L. B. & Vari, R. P. 2014. A new species of Silvinichthys* (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) lacking pelvic fins from mid-elevation localities of the southern Andes, with comments on the genus. Journal of Fish Biology v. 84 (no. 2): 372-382 (1-11).
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.