Original description as Elops affinis:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1909. "A revision of the fishes of the genus Elops". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(13):37-40 (ffm00556)
Conservation: Elops affinis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2012).