最初命名為 Acara bartoni:
ZooBank:2AE317A3-9B04-422A-877A-AEBEC0CE63B4.
- Bean, Tarleton Hoffman. 1892. "Notes on fishes collected in Mexico by Prof. Alfredo Dugès, with descriptions of new species". Proceeding of the U. S. National Museum. 283-287 (ffm00239)
保育: Herichthys bartoni 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (EN) 瀕危 (2019). Listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001 with classification A (In danger of extinction). Some springs where it historically inhabited have been drought up in recent years.