Descripción original como Notropis calientis:
ZooBank:282CF435-AB86-48BE-B614-F82149765BA0.
- Jordan, David Starr & J.O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19:115-147 (ffm00041)
Conservación: Hybopsis calientis es evaluada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza en la lista roja de especies amenazadas como (CR) En peligro crítico (2018). By 2011, Hybopsis calientis had disappeared from most of the sites where it had been recorded historically, representing a population reduction of approximately 82%. The primary threat to Hybopsis calientis is habitat degradation as a result of urban, industrial, and agricultural pollution, as well as habitat fragmentation resulting from damming throughout its range. The establishment and spread of invasive species and their parasites (e.g. Cyprinus carpio and Micropterus salmoides) likely have an impact on the abundance of H. calientis (Domínguez Domínguez, 2019).