The species was also independently renamed three times after Forsskål's description, the first coming from Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, who named the species "Caranx immaculatus", although he did not accurately publish the name, leading Georges Cuvier to rename the fish as "Caranx auroguttatus" in 1833, which was later transferred to "Carangoides". In 1871, Carl Benjamin Klunzinger once again proposed a new subspecies (or variety) name for the fish, "Caranx fulvoguttatus" var. "flava". All names except "Carangoides bajad" are considered to be junior synonyms under the ICZN rules, and are rendered invalid and not used.