最初描述为 Argyreus osculus:
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1856. "Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8:165-213 (ffm04542)
同种异名 (2):
- Argyreus notabilis Girard, 1856, 标本产地来自于 Río Santa Cruz, tributary to Río Gila, Sonora, Mexico. 鉴定者: La Rivers, 1994
- Ceratichthys ventricosus Cope, 1874, 标本产地来自于 Arizona, U.S.A. 鉴定者: La Rivers, 1994
- Apocope couesii Yarrow, 1875, 标本产地来自于 Near Camp Apache [Fort Apache], 33°47'26"N, 109°59'17"W, southern Navajo County, Arizona, U.S.A. 鉴定者: Gilbert, 1998
保育: Rhinichthys osculus 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.