Original description as Centropomus unionensis:
ZooBank:69D2C2DB-C31C-492A-BA6D-07470AACA634.
- 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 altus Regan, 1907, with type locality at Colón, Panama. Determiner: Rivas, 1986
Conservation: Centropomus unionensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2007).