最初的描述:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1914. "Descriptions of two new cyprinodont fishes from Mexico, presented to the British Museum by Herr A. Rachow". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14(79):65-67 (ffm04568)
标本品种: Heterophallus rachovii Regan, 1914 (monotypy).