最初命名為 Tigoma intermedia:
- 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)
同種異名 (1):
- Gila gibbosa Baird & Girard, 1854, 其模式產地在 Rio Santa Cruz, tributary of Gila River, Arizona, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Squalius lemmoni Smith, 1884, 其模式產地在 Rillitto Creek, small stream in Santa Catalina Mts., 7 miles north of Tucson, Pimz County, Arizona, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
保育: Gila intermedia 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (NT) 近危 (1996).