Original description as Eucinostomus argenteus:
- Baird, Spencer F.. 1855. "Report on the fishes observed on the coast of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854". Smithsonian Institution Annual Report. 9:317-352 (ffm00210)
Conservation: Eucinostomus argenteus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.