Considered a synonym of Dormitator Gill, 1861
- Lévêque, C. & D. Paugy, G.G. Teugels. 1992. "Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest". Collection Fauna tropicale no. XXVIII. 2:389-902 (ffm00393)
Original description:
- Herre, Albert W.C.T. 1946. "New genera of Eleotridae and Gobiidae and one new species from West Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 59:121-126 (ffm00392)