最初命名為 Gila ditaenia:
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1945. "A new cyprinid fish from southern Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico, with the description of a new subgenus of Gila and a review of related species". Copeia. 1945(2):104-110 (ffm00129)
保育: Gila ditaenia 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (1996).