Original description as Centropomus parallelus:
ZooBank:D3E8294A-D76D-43C9-8BB7-A3E286FF6AC2.
- Poey y Aloy, Felipe. 1858. "Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés". Tomo 2. La Habana. 2:1-96(1858); 97-336(1860); 337-442,(1861) (ffm00073)
Synonyms (1):
- Centropomus heringi Fowler, 1906, with type locality at Suriname. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
Conservation: Centropomus parallelus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).