Fricke, R. A. 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). 29 255, fig. 52.
Type Status:
Paratype
Place:
Tonga, Eua, fringing reef at base of cliff on northwest shore, spur and groove right in the surge zone, very high energy area, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean