最初命名為 Platypoecilus quitzeoensis:
- Bean, Tarleton Hoffman. 1898. "Notes on a collection of fishes from Mexico, with description of a new species of Platypoecilus". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 21(1159):539-542 (ffm04535)
保育: Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.