Original description:
- Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1861. "Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13:1-63 (ffm00391)
Synonyms:
- Batanga Herrre, 1946. Determiner: Lévêque, C., 1992
Described species included (4):
valid: 2 synonym: 2- Sciaena maculata Bloch, 1792 (valid)
- Eleotris latifrons Richardson, 1844 (valid)
- Hemieleotris carmenensis Nichols, 1952 (synonym)
- Dormitator latifrons mexicanus Ginsburg, 1953 (synonym)