Původní popis
Akihito, Prince & Meguro, K. 1976. Glossogobius sparsipapillus, a new species of goby from Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 23 (no. 1): 9-11.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.