Original description as Aplodinotus grunniens:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819. "Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des États-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818". Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. 88:417-429 (ffm00264)
Synonyms (1):
- Sciaena grisea Lesueur, 1822, with type locality at Ohio River, U.S.A. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Sciaena oscula Lesueur, 1822, with type locality at Lake Erie or Lake Ontario, North America. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Corvina richardsonii Cuvier, 1830, with type locality at Lake Huron, North America. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Amblodon concinnus Agassiz, 1854, with type locality at Tennessee River at Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Amblodon lineatus Agassiz, 1854, with type locality at Osage River, Missouri, U.S.A. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Amblodon neglectus Girard, 1858, with type locality at Mouth of Rio Grande del Norte (Rio Bravo), Texas, U.S.A., and Province of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Determiner: Chao, 1978
Conservation: Aplodinotus grunniens is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2013).