Original description as Gymnotus maculosus:
- Albert, James S & R.R. Miller. 1995. "Gymnotus maculosus, a new species of electric fish (Chordata: Teleostei: Gymnotoidei) from Middle America, with a key to species of Gymnotus". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 108(n. 4), pp. 662-678 (ffm00491)
Conservation: Gymnotus maculosus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.