Original description as Cyprinodon eximius:
ZooBank:BA98D5D3-D3EF-458A-93B5-83CC5A3958F4.
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1859. "Ichthyological notices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11:113-122 (ffm04560)
Conservation: Cyprinodon eximius is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.