Hsuan-Ching Ho, of the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan (now in National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Taiwan), discovered the Louisiana pancake batfish when he was visiting colleagues in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. They noted that the specimens of the pancake batfish in the collection of the museum were actually three species, not a single one as previously thought. Trawling expeditions were conducted and consistent differences were identified in those found. He joined with John Sparks and Prosanta Chakrabarty, of the American Museum of Natural History to write the description that appeared in Journal of Fish Biology.
