According to Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2005), Sturisoma kneri "Not available, manuscript name and specimens listed in type catalog (locality Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela). Publication in an available way not researched". This name is treated as valid by various authors, and is available, but with authorship as something other than "De Filippi in Tortonese, 1940". Correct authorship has not yet been determined (Eschmeyer, personal communication, 2005)