Roberts, T. R. 1978. An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species. No. 281 37, 15, 20e.
Type Status:
Paratype
Place:
New Guinea, Fly River Basin, Lake Herbert Hoover (locally known as Lake Boset), and Wam River (which drains Lake Herbert Hoover), and swampy lagoons along mainstream of Middle Fly, 509 - 512 kilometers upriver from Toro Pass, Western Province, Papua New Guinea