最初命名為 Notropis buchanani:
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1896. "A list of fishes and mollusks collected in Arkansas and Indian Territory in 1894". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 15(7):341-349 (ffm00141)
保育: Notropis buchanani 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.