最初命名為 Etheostoma australe:
- Jordan, David Starr. 1889. "Descriptions of fourteen species of fresh-water fishes collected by the U. S. Fish Commission in the summer of 1888". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 11(723):351-362 (ffm00337)
同種異名 (1):
- Diplesion fasciatus Girard, 1859, 其模式產地在 Chihuahua River, Mexico. 鑑定者: Collette & Knapp, 1967
- Etheostoma scovellii Woolman, 1892, 其模式產地在 Río de las Conchos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 鑑定者: Collette & Knapp, 1967
保育: Etheostoma australe 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 (1996).