最初命名為 Cyprinodon veronicae:
- Lozano Vilano, María de Lourdes & S. Contreras-Balderas. 1993. "Four new species of Cyprinodon from southern Nuevo León, Mexico, with a key to the C. eximius complex (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 4(4):295-308 (ffm00176)
保育: Cyprinodon veronicae 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). Extinct in nature, with just captive populations surviving (Miller, 2006). Reported extinct in 1964 by Burkhead (2012).