Original description as Gobius transandeanus:
ZooBank:B943CE76-1A36-4674-9C64-D022BBD7E277.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1861. "Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 3:1-586 (ffm00410)
Synonyms (1):
- Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898, with type locality at Río Rosario at Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. Determiner: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
Conservation: Awaous transandeanus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.