Typová lokalita
Caño "CVG" (Corporacion Venezuelana Guyana), municipality San Fernando de Atabapo, 10.5 km on San Fernando de Atabapo-Santa Barbara road, affluent río Orinoco, Orinoco drainage, Amazonas, Venezuela, 03°58'59"N, 67°38'29"W.
Původní popis
Crampton, W. G. R., de Santana, C. D., Waddell, J. C. & Lovejoy, N. R. 2017. A taxonomic revision of the neotropical electric fish genus Brachyhypopomus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with descriptions of 15 new species. Neotropical Ichthyology v. 14 (no. 4): 639-790.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.