| Reference no. | Description | Year | Name Used | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36648 | Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. | 2000 | Gobiopterus birtwistlei | 638 |
| 50838 | Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2004. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January 2004. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January 2004. | 2004 | Gobiopterus birtwistlei | --> |
| 128868 | Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins, 2023. Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. | 2023 | Gobiopterus birtwistlei | 130 |