最初命名為 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 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.