"Kyphosus sectatrix" was first formally [[Species description|described]] and named as "Perca saltatrix" by Linnaeus in 1758 but changed it to "Perca sectatrix" in 1766 as he had intended to base the name on [[Mark Catesby]]'s previous name for the "rudderfish" "Perca marina sectatrix" and the uses of "salatatrix" had been a "[[lapsus]]".