Original description as Pristipoma crocro:
- Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1840. "Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 15:1-540 (ffm00240)
Synonyms (1):
- Pomadasys starri Meek, 1904, with type locality at Pérez, Veracruz, Mexico. Determiner: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
- Pomadasys templei Meek, 1904, with type locality at Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Determiner: Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999
Conservation: Pomadasys crocro is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.