最初的描述:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 5]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(4):235-242 (ffm00097)
标本品种: Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (monotypy).
已包括的已描述鱼种 (14):
有效的: 2 同种异名: 12- Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (有效的)
- Ceraticthys vigilax Baird & Girard, 1853 (有效的)
- Cochlognathus ornatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (同种异名)
- Hyborhynchus confertus Girard, 1856 (同种异名)
- Pimephales fasciatus Girard, 1856 (同种异名)
- Pimephales maculosus Girard, 1856 (同种异名)
- Hyborhynchus puniceus Girard, 1856 (同种异名)
- Plargyrus melanocephalus Abbott, 1860 (同种异名)
- Pimephales milesii Cope, 1865 (同种异名)
- Pimephales agassizii Cope, 1867 (同种异名)
- Coliscus parietalis Cope, 1871 (同种异名)
- Hyborhynchus nigellus Cope, 1875 (同种异名)
- Cliola smithii Evermann & Cox, 1896 (同种异名)
- Pimephales anuli Kendall, 1903 (同种异名)