Původní popis
Allen, G. R. & J. E. Randall. 2005. Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western Pacific. Raffles Bull. Zool. v. 53 (no. 2): 231-235.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.