Typová lokalita
Baie du Santai off Point Lefèvre, southwest of Récif Sheiter, Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, 20°54'00"S, 167°02'25"E - 20°54'18"S, 167°01'48"E, depth 70 - 126 meters.
Původní popis
Smith-Vaniz, W. F. 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252 (no. 1): 1-180.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.