最初描述为 Cyprinodon arcuatus:
ZooBank:FE68D458-92FC-4E2E-8F2F-10A2C52BC5D7.
- Minckley, Wendell L & R.R. Miller, S.M. Norris. 2002. "Three new pupfish species, Cyprinodon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from Chihuahua, México, and Arizona, USA". Copeia. 2002(3):687-705 (ffm00171) (摘要)
保育: Cyprinodon arcuatus 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. Reported extinct in 1971 by Burkhead (2012).