Original description as Cyprinella venusta:
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- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1856. "Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8:165-213 (ffm04542)
Synonyms (1):
- Cyprinella notata Girard, 1856, with type locality at Rio Seco [= Seco Creek] at D'Hanis, a tributary to Rio Nueces, Medina County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gibbs, 1957
- Cyprinella cercostigma Cope, 1868, with type locality at Pearl River at Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi, U.S.A. Determiner: Gibbs, 1957
- Luxilus chickasavensis Hay, 1881, with type locality at Chickasawha River at Enterprise, Clark County, Mississippi, U.S.A. Determiner: Gibbs, 1957
- Cliola urostigma Jordan & Meek, 1884, with type locality at San Saba River (tributary to Colorado River) at Fort McKavit [= McKavett], Menard County, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gibbs, 1957
- Notropis cooglei Hildebrand & Towers, 1928, with type locality at Pelucia Creek, south of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, U.S.A. Determiner: Gibbs, 1957
Conservation: Cyprinella venusta is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.