Descripción original como Etroplus canarensis:
ZooBank:7F7DE58B-532E-41FD-9E42-32657117AEB0.
- Day, F.. 1877. "The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon". Fishes India. 369-552 (crc00298)
Conservación: Etroplus canarensis es evaluada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza en la lista roja de especies amenazadas como (EN) En peligro (2011). One of the major threats to E. canarensis is the unmanaged collection for the aquarium hobby since the populations are restricted to two locations, indiscriminate collections can possibly wipe out the species. However, with the increase in the availability of captive-bred fish from Indonesia, pressure on wild collection seems to have declined (Ali, 2011).