最初命名為 Dionda catostomops:
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt & R.R. Miller. 1977. "Six distinctive cyprinid fish species referred to Dionda inhabiting segments of the Tampico embayment drainage of Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18(17):267-336 (ffm00121)
保育: Tampichthys catostomops 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.