Considéré comme synonyme junior de Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868
- Rivas, Luis Rene. 1986. "Systematic review of the perciform fishes of the genus Centropomus". Copeia. 1986(3):579-611 (ffm00545)
Décrit initialement sous Centropomus constantinus:
ZooBank:A6E83DB9-93CC-4FC0-99E4-8A0BA3F99E80.
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1896. "The fishes of North and Middle America: A descriptive catalogue of the species of fishes and fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 47:1-1240 (ffm00055)