| Citation | Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes, 1836, Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome 11.. Chez F.G. Levrault, Paris. 506 p. |
| Ref. | 631 Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes, 1836 |
| Page | 328 |
| Named Used as Valid | Salarias frontalis |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Type locality, Massawa, Red Sea |
| Distribution | |
| Quote | Syntypes (of poor condition), ZMB 1947. |