Typová lokalita
Off Donggang, southwestern Taiwan, northwestern Pacific, circa 22°36'N, 120°16'E, depth 300 - 400 meters.
Původní popis
Ng, S.-L., Liu, K.-M. & Joung, S.-J. 2023. Malakichthys formosus, a new species of small seabass (Acropomatiformes: Malakichthyidae) from southwestern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5380 (no. 4): 380-386.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.