最初命名為 Brevoortia gunteri:
- Hildebrand, Samuel Frederick. 1948. "A review of the American menhaden, genus Brevoortia, with a description of a new species". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 107(18):1-39 (ffm00350)
保育: Brevoortia gunteri 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.