最初命名為 Pomadasys bayanus:
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1898. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47:1241-2183 (ffm00474)
同種異名 (1):
- Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918, 其模式產地在 Patia, between Magui and Telembi, northern coast of Colombia. 鑑定者: Fischer et al., 1995
保育: Pomadasys bayanus 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.