Typová lokalita
Tabawan Island, Darvel Bay, east coast of Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia, depth 0.5 - 3 meters.
Původní popis
Matsunuma, M., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. & Motomura, H. 2021. Synanceia quinque, a new species of stonefish (Synanceiidae) from Borneo and Flores. Ichthyological Research v. 69 (no. 1): 169-175 [1-7].
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.