Original description as Fundulus grandis:
ZooBank:010E44E2-0270-4FC6-8892-99F35F30D6F8.
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:387-390 (ffm04562)
Synonyms (2):
- Fundulus floridensis Girard, 1859, with type locality at Charlotte Harbor, southeastern Florida, U.S.A. Determiner: Lazara, 2001
- Fundulus pallidus Evermann, 1892, with type locality at Galveston Bay, near Swan Lake, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Wildekamp, 1996
Conservation: Fundulus grandis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019).