Původní popis
Heemstra, P. C. & Smith, M. M. 1981. Pelagocephalus marki, a new species of puffer fish (Tetraodontidae) from South Africa. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 31 (no. 4): 911-915.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.