Original description as Hybognathus stramineus:
- Cope, Edward D. 1865. "Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part I". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16:276-285 (ffm00099)
Synonyms (2):
- Cyprinella ludibunda Girard, 1856, with type locality at Probably Cottonwood River, about 5 miles northwest of Durham, Marion County, Kansas, U.S.A. Determiner: Poly, 2004
- Cliola chlora Jordan, 1878, with type locality at Upper Missouri River system, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1978
Conservation: Notropis stramineus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.