Typová lokalita
Off Mage-shima Island, Osumi Islands, Kagoshima, Japan, depth 35 meters.
Původní popis
Fujiwara, K., Motomura, H. & Shinohara, G. 2023. Opistognathus ctenion (Perciformes, Opistognathidae): a new jawfish from southern Japan. ZooKeys No. 1179: 353-364.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.