最初命名為 Petenia splendida:
ZooBank:CD6ED971-EBD3-4568-AA50-D66ECE993678.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4; i-xxi + 1-534 (ffm00035)
保育: Petenia splendida 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018). Populations of P. splendida seem secure in their natural distribution.