最初命名為 Eleotris latifrons:
ZooBank:85958FD3-99C8-4840-B51C-97238B38E10A.
- Richardson, John. 1844. "Ichthyology.--Part 1". The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42, No. 5 (ffm00394)
同種異名 (2):
- Hemieleotris carmenensis Nichols, 1952, 其模式產地在 Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. 鑑定者: Reis et al., 2003
- Dormitator latifrons mexicanus Ginsburg, 1953, 其模式產地在 Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. 鑑定者: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
保育: Dormitator latifrons 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2010).