Original description as Gerres plumieri:
ZooBank:17EA0AE9-FC9C-47F2-B815-3E47E7941E2E.
- Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1830. "Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 6:1-559 (ffm00466)
Synonyms (1):
- Gerres embryx Jordan & Starks, 1898, with type locality at Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Determiner: Deckert & Greenfield, 1987
Conservation: Diapterus plumieri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.