Original description as Eleotris picta:
ZooBank:2766C492-453D-4094-B37A-2C1AEEB1DED9.
- Kner, Rudolf & F. Steindachner. 1863. "Eine Uebersicht der ichthyologischen Ausbeute des Herrn Professors Dr. Mor. Wagner in Central-Amerika". Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München. 2:220-230 (ffm00404)
Synonyms (1):
- Culius aequidens Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, with type locality at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Determiner: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
Conservation: Eleotris picta is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).