最初命名為 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)
同種異名 (2):
- Argyreus notabilis Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Río Santa Cruz, tributary to Río Gila, Sonora, Mexico. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994
- Ceratichthys ventricosus Cope, 1874, 其模式產地在 Arizona, U.S.A. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994
- Apocope couesii Yarrow, 1875, 其模式產地在 Near Camp Apache [Fort Apache], 33°47'26"N, 109°59'17"W, southern Navajo County, Arizona, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
保育: Rhinichthys osculus 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.