Typová lokalita
Macauley Island, Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, 30°14'38.4"S, 178°20'3"W, depth 144 - 147 meters.
Původní popis
Matsuura, K. 2023. A new boxfish of the genus Kentrocapros collected from New Zealand (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Aracanidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Series A v. 49 (no. 4): 191-196.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.