Original description as Eucinostomus currani:
- Zahuranec, Bernard J. 1980. "Eucinostomus currani". Publicaciones Especiales, Centro de Ciencas del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2:1-306 (ffm00469)
Conservation: Eucinostomus currani is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).