考慮為晚期同種異名 Cyprinodon macularius Baird & Girard, 1853
- Lazara, K.J. 2001. "The killifishes, an annotated checklist, synonymy, and bibliography of recent oviparous Cyprinodontiform fishes". The killifish master index. 4:1-624 (ffm00080)
最初命名為 Cyprinodon californiensis:
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1859. "Ichthyological notices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11:113-122 (ffm04560)