最初命名為 Fundulus grandis:
ZooBank:010E44E2-0270-4FC6-8892-99F35F30D6F8.
- 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 (2):
- Fundulus floridensis Girard, 1859, 其模式產地在 Charlotte Harbor, southeastern Florida, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Lazara, 2001
- Fundulus pallidus Evermann, 1892, 其模式產地在 Galveston Bay, near Swan Lake, Texas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Wildekamp, 1996
保育: Fundulus grandis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2019).