最初描述为 Cyprinodon meeki:
ZooBank:1D1DDD95-7559-4E01-826A-C3C5E6528E89.
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1976. "Four new pupfishes of the genus Cyprinodon from Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 75(2):68-75 (ffm00172)
保育: Cyprinodon meeki 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (CR) 极危（Critically endangered） (1996).