Original description as Pleuronectes maculatus:
ZooBank:502D95C0-B56F-4B49-B8A2-6EB77CB35DD7.
- Bloch, Marcus E. & J.G. Schneider. 1801. "Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum". Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. 1-584 (ffm04595)
Synonyms (2):
- Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802, with type locality at North America. Determiner: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
- Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill, 1815, with type locality at New York, U.S.A. Determiner: Smith, 1986
- Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, 1832, with type locality at Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Determiner: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
Conservation: Trinectes maculatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2013).