Original description as Labrus salmoides:
ZooBank:8C26DD55-E992-4F23-A0CE-70DBDADF5A88.
- Lacepède, Bernhard G. E. 1802. "Histoire naturelle des poissons". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 4:160-162 (ffm00094)
Conservation: Micropterus salmoides is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).