Original description as Centropomus medius:
ZooBank:56ECE750-B8B3-4148-8F0C-1D0A24B1861D.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864:144-154 (ffm00137)
Synonyms (1):
- Centropomus grandoculatus Jenkins & Evermann, 1889, with type locality at Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
Conservation: Centropomus medius is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).