Original description as Catostomus nebuliferus:
ZooBank:3D0CB9D7-1F4F-458B-863B-5B5698001A9C.
- Garman, Samuel. 1881. "New and little-known reptiles and fishes in the museum collections". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 8(3):85-93 (ffm01650)
Conservation: Catostomus nebuliferus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).