最初命名為 Cyprinodon macularius:
ZooBank:C508E39D-0BA4-40E3-80D7-32B570081BE9.
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:387-390 (ffm04562)
同種異名 (1):
- Cyprinodon californiensis Girard, 1859, 其模式產地在 Neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Lazara, 2001
- Lucania browni Jordan & Richardson, 1907, 其模式產地在 Hot spring, 40 miles south of Calexico, Baja California. 鑑定者: Lazara, 2001
保育: Cyprinodon macularius 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.