Original description as Pomadasys bayanus:
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1898. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47:1241-2183 (ffm00474)
Synonyms (1):
- Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918, with type locality at Patia, between Magui and Telembi, northern coast of Colombia. Determiner: Fischer et al., 1995
Conservation: Pomadasys bayanus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.