最初命名為 Dionda mandibularis:
- Contreras-Balderas, Salvador & J. Verduzco-Martínez. 1977. "Dionda mandibularis, a new cyprinid fish endemic to the Upper Rio Verde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with comments on related species". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 18(16):259-266 (ffm00126)
保育: Tampichthys mandibularis 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.