Smith, H. M., Radcliffe, L. 1912. Descriptions of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.--No. 21.]. 43 (1924): 119, pls. 22-31.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
Limasaua Island (East), South 2 degrees East, 16.70 miles; Sopod Bay, Southern Leyte Island, Southern Leyte, Philippines, North Pacific Ocean