Original description as Gobiomorus dormitor:
ZooBank:A268AC79-54D7-4C3D-AD06-D55AB1DDF071.
- Lacepède, Bernhard G. E. 1800. "Histoire naturelle des poissons". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2:1-632 (ffm00387)
Synonyms (3):
- Platycephalus dormitator Bloch & Schneider, 1801, with type locality at Martinica [Martinique Island, West Indies]. Determiner: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
- Alvarius lateralis Girard, 1859, with type locality at Mouth of Rio Grande del Norte (Rio Bravo), Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
- Eleotris longiceps Günther, 1864, with type locality at Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. Determiner: Miller & Wongrat, 1990
Conservation: Gobiomorus dormitor is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.