Original description as Perca undulata:
- Linnaeus, Carolus. 1766. "12th edition". Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 1:1-532 (ffm00481)
Synonyms (2):
- Sciaena croker Lacepède, 1802, with type locality at Carolinas, U.S.A. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Bodianus costatus Mitchill, 1815, with type locality at New York, U.S.A. Determiner: Chao, 1978
- Micropogon lineatus Cuvier, 1830, with type locality at Havana, Cuba. Determiner: Smith, 1986
Conservation: Micropogonias undulatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.