- Descrito por / Described by:
Albert Günther, 1868

- Nome original / Original name:
Tetragonopterus ovalis

- Nome do artigo / Article name:
Diagnoses of some new freshwater fishes from Surinam and Brazil, in the collection of the British Museum.

- Publicado em / Published in:
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6) (art. 56): 475-481.

- Localidade tipo / Type locality:
Xeberos, Peru. / Xeberos, Peru.