最初命名為 Zoogoneticus tequila:
- Webb, Shane & R.R. Miller. 1998. "Zoogoneticus tequila, a new goodeid fish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Ameca drainage of Mexico, and a rediagnosis of the genus". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (725):1-23 (ffm04537)
保育: Zoogoneticus tequila 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) (2009).