最初命名為 Zoogoneticus purhepechus:
ZooBank:02890963-E887-4A3D-AA67-DA510EAC1499.
- Domínguez Domínguez, Omar & R. Pérez-Rodríguez, I. Doadrio. 2008. "Morphological and genetic comparative analyses of populations of Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) from central Mexico, with description of a new species". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. (79):373-383 (ffm04536) (摘要)
保育: Zoogoneticus purhepechus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (2018).