本種首先由美國魚類學家Samuel L. Mitchill在1815年根據從美國紐約灣水域採集的標本進行科學描述,該標本被指定為模式種。[1]他將這種物種命名為Scomber crysos,並提出了一個常見的名稱「黃鯖魚」,其學名在拉丁語中意為「黃金」。之後又被歸類在Caranx,Carangoides或Paratractus屬中,但目前被認為是有效的名稱為Caranx crysos。[2]
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