| Citation | Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993, Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands.. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47. |
| Ref. | Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993 |
| Page | 11 |
| Named Used as Valid | Dactyloptena orientalis |
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