最初描述为 Tigoma purpurea:
- 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)
保育: Gila purpurea 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.