Considerado un sinónimo menor de Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
- Gilbert, Carter R.. 1998. "Type catalog of Recent and fossil North American Freshwater fishes: families Cyprinidae, Catostomidae, Ictaluridae, Centrarchidae and Elassomatidae". Florida Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 1. 1-284 (ffm00083)
Descripción original como Pimephales anuli:
- Kendall, W.C.. 1903. "Notes on some fresh-water fishes from Maine". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 22:353-368 (ffm00151)