最初描述为 Atractosteus tropicus:
- Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1863. "Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15:162-174 (ffm00290)
保育: Atractosteus tropicus 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.