最初命名為 Gymnotus maculosus:
ZooBank:F731C130-9B98-4517-913A-C848627C6087.
- Albert, James S & R.R. Miller. 1995. "Gymnotus maculosus, a new species of electric fish (Chordata: Teleostei: Gymnotoidei) from Middle America, with a key to species of Gymnotus". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 108(4):662-678 (ffm00491) (摘要)
保育: Gymnotus maculosus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018).