Considered a synonym of Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844)
- Reis, Roberto E & S.O. Kullander, C.J. Ferraris Jr.. 2003. "Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America". Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. i-xi + 1-729 (ffm00970)
Original description as Hemieleotris carmenensis:
- Nichols, John Treadwell. 1952. "Four new gobies from the eastern and western Pacific". American Museum Novitates. (1594):1-5 (ffm00395)