最初命名為 Fundulus persimilis:
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1955. "An annotated list of the American cyprinodontid fishes of the genus Fundulus, with the description of Fundulus persimilis from Yucatan". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (568):1-25 (ffm00206)
保育: Fundulus persimilis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (DD) 資料缺乏 (2009).