最初描述为 Catostomus leopoldi:
ZooBank:7084CA39-8B25-49F1-8DB4-9D8CF4B640C8.
- Siebert, Darrell J & W.L. Minckley. 1986. "Two new catostomid fishes (Cypriniformes) from the northern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico". American Museum Novitates. (2849):1-17 (ffm00373)
保育: Catostomus leopoldi 由国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (VU) 易危(Vulnerable) (2018).