最初命名為 Neetroplus carpintis:
ZooBank:A6E61CB3-96A1-496F-BF62-312ED4C6D0C2.
- Jordan, David Starr & J.O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19:115-147 (ffm00041)
保育: Herichthys carpintis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018). Not listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001. Habitat ranges from severely polluted in many areas to pristine in some others.