Original description as Pristipoma ramosum:
- Poey y Aloy, Felipe. 1858. "Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés". Tomo 2. La Habana. 2:1-96(1858); 97-336(1860); 337-442,(1861) (ffm00073)
Synonyms (1):
- Pristipoma boucardi Steindachner, 1869, with type locality at Gulf of Mexico. Determiner: Miller, 2006
Conservation: Pomadasys ramosus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.