Original description as Villarius pricei:
- Rutter, Cloudsley M. 1896. "Notes on fresh water fishes of the Pacific slope of North America. II. The fishes of Rio Yaqui, Sonora, with the description of a new genus of Siluridae". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 6:255-262 (ffm04522)
Synonyms (1):
- Amiurus meeki Regan, 1907, with type locality at Río Paphigochic, Miñaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. Determiner: Gilbert, 1998
Conservation: Ictalurus pricei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (1996).