Typová lokalita
Saya de Malha Bank, Mascarene Ridge, 10°57'00"S, 61°05'24"E, depth 123 meters.
Původní popis
Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. 2022. Two new species of the butterflyfish genus Roa (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Journal of Fish Biology v. 100 (no. 3): 758-774 [1-17].
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.