Two of these, S. acuta and S. erythraea were made by Georges Cuvier, and the other, Sciaena malabarica by Bloch and Schneider.
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The species was first scientifically described by Roland McKay of the Queensland Museum in 1980, who was the first to recognize it as a distinct species from the anatomically similar S. sihama.
These exported fish compete with local Asian sillaginids, especially northern whiting and Japanese whiting, resulting in substantial price fluctuations.