| Reference no. | Description | Year | Name Used | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58462 | Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2007. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of June 2007. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in June 2007. | 2007 | Asterropteryx ovata | 113;fig.1A,2B,3A,B,4B |
| 75136 | Shibukawa, K. and T. Suzuki, 2007. Two new species of the cheek-spine goby genus Asterropteryx (Perciformes: Goiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Pacific. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, Suppl 1:109-121. | 2007 | Asterropteryx ovata | 113;1A,2B,3A-B,4B;tab.1 |
| 90102 | Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. | 2012 | Asterropteryx ovata | 910 |
| 130435 | IUCN, 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | 2025 | Asterropteryx ovata | ver.2025-2 |