考慮為晚期同種異名 Cyprinella formosa (Girard, 1856)
- Chernoff, Barry & R.R. Miller. 1982. "Notropis bocagrande, a new cyprinid fish from Chihuahua, Mexico, with comments on Notropis formosus". Copeia. 1982(3):514-522 (ffm00105)
最初命名為 Notropis santamariae:
- Evermann, Barton Warren & E.L. Goldsborough. 1902. "A report on fishes collected in Mexico and Central America, with notes and descriptions of five new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 137-159 (ffm00270)