最初命名為 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 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (CR) 瀕臨絕種(極危) (1996).