Original description as Notropis panarcys:
ZooBank:EBE542F5-3FB4-4A79-9124-4E0E21ED6F7A.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt & R.R. Miller. 1978. "Notropis panarcys, n. sp., and N. proserpinus, cyprinid fishes of subgenus Cyprinella, each inhabiting a discrete section of the Rio Grande complex". Copeia. 1978(4):582-592 (ffm00114)
Conservation: Cyprinella panarcys is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.