Original description as Thorichthys helleri meeki:
ZooBank:D34733B7-BFEE-4F05-B315-0EC156FE1E48.
- Brind, Walter L.. 1918. "A new subspecies of Thorichthys helleri". Aquatic Life. 3(8):119-120 (ffm00274)
Conservation: Thorichthys meeki is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).