最初命名為 Notropis xanthicara:
ZooBank:337B8181-CA9B-4815-A797-DD2163A7080D.
- Minckley, Wendell L & G.L. Lytle. 1969. "Notropis xanthicara, a new cyprinid fish from the Cuatro Cienegas basin, north-central Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 82:491-502 (ffm00120)
保育: Cyprinella xanthicara 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.