最初命名為 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)
同種異名 (1):
- Awaous nelsoni Evermann, 1898, 其模式產地在 Río Rosario at Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. 鑑定者: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
保育: Awaous transandeanus 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.