| Grinols, R.B.; Hoover, J.O., 1966, A Record of Diretmus argenteus Johnson (Pisces: Diretmidae) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean., Fisheries Research Papers. |
| Matsubara, K., 1954, On a Rare Adult Berycoid Fish, Diretmus argenteus Johnson, Obtained from Japan., Rep. Fac. Fish., Prefectural Univ. Mie. |
| Johnson, J. Y., 1864, Description of three new genera of marine fishes obtained at Madeira., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. |
| Ole Munk, 1966, On the Retina of Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1863 (Diretmidae, Pisces)., Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. |
| Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H., 1999, The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)., FAO. |
| 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed., 1993, 臺灣魚類誌 Fishes of Taiwan, 國立臺灣大學動物學系印行 |
| Nakabo T., 2002, Fishes of Japan - with pictorial keys to the species, English edition., Tokai University. |