Considered a synonym of Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- 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)
Original description as Cochlognathus ornatus:
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Notice of a new genus of Cyprinidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7:158 (ffm00154)