Original description as Centropomus mexicanus:
ZooBank:EAA76ACC-F859-4185-A408-01D4749D9BE1.
- Bocourt, Marie Firmin. 1868. "Note sur des poissons percoides appartenant au genre Centropome, provenant du Mexique et de l'Amérique centrale". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 9:90-91 (ffm00548)
Synonyms (1):
- Centropomus constantinus Jordan & Starks, 1896, with type locality at Bahia, Brazil. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
- Centropomus gabbi Fowler, 1906, with type locality at Eastern Dominican Republic. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
- Centropomus pellegrini Puyo, 1936, with type locality at Marais Leolong, Cayenne, French Guiana. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
Conservation: Centropomus mexicanus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019).