Původní popis
Nakabo, T. & McKay, R. J. 1989. A new species of the genus Foetorepus (Pisces: Callionymidae) [from] Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 27 (no. 2): 563-565.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.