Original description as Notropis calabazas:
- Lyons, John & N. Mercado-Silva. 2004. "Notropis calabazas (Teleostei; Cyprinidae): New Species from the Río Pánuco Basin of Central México". Copeia. 2004(4):868–875 (ffm00148)
Conservation: Notropis calabazas is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.