最初命名為 Esox osseus:
- Linnaeus, Carolus. 1758. "Systema Naturae, Ed. X.". Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. 10 i-ii + 1-824 (ffm00310)
同種異名 (2):
- Esox viridis Bonnaterre, 1788, 其模式產地在 . 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803, 其模式產地在 Lakes and rivers of the two Indies. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, 1818, 其模式產地在 Lower Ohio River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820, 其模式產地在 Muskingum River, Ohio, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820, 其模式產地在 Ohio River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus rostratus Cuvier, 1836, 其模式產地在 . 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836, 其模式產地在 Non given. 鑑定者: Grande, 2010
- Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836, 其模式產地在 Peneteugishene, Lake Huron, also Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus bison DeKay, 1842, 其模式產地在 Buffalo, Lake Erie; lakes of western districts, New York, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842, 其模式產地在 Winooski River in Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Macrognathus loricatus Gronow, 1854, 其模式產地在 Indian and American oceans. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus leptorhynchus Girard, 1858, 其模式產地在 Devil's River, Texas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus crassus Cope, 1865, 其模式產地在 Probably in brackish water at Bombay Hook, near the mouth of Delaware River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus otarius Cope, 1865, 其模式產地在 Platte River near Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus ayresii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Wabash River, Illinois, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus clintonii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 No locality. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus copei Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Northern North America. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus elisabeth Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 No locality. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus harlani Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Wabash River, Illinois, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus horatii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Northern North America. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus lesueurii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Wabash River, Illinois, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus louisianensis Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus milberti Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 New York, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus piquotianus Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 North America. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus smithii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Upper Mississippi River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus thompsonii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 Upper Mississippi River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepidosteus troostii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 New York, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
- Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870, 其模式產地在 State of Mississippi, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wiley, 1976
保育: Lepisosteus osseus 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.