Original description as Centropomus pectinatus:
ZooBank:DE549ACD-C41D-4DD5-B46D-9836BA4EC731.
- 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):
- Centropomus pedimacula Poey, 1860, with type locality at Cienfuegos, Cuba. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
- Centropomus cuvieri Bocourt, 1868, with type locality at Santo Domingo. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
Conservation: Centropomus pectinatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019).