最初命名為 Percina (Percina) macrolepida:
- Stevenson, M.M. 1971. "Percina macrolepida (Pisces, Percidae, Etheostomatinea), a new percid fish of the subgenus Percina from Texas". Southwestern Naturalist. 16(1):65-83 (ffm00344)
保育: Percina macrolepida 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.