最初命名為 Catostomus wigginsi:
ZooBank:845137B5-2D12-40AA-930F-B3998196D177.
- Herre, Albert W.C.T. 1936. "Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. IV. A new catostomid from Mexico and a new callionymid from Celebes and the Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. (49):11-13 (ffm00377)
保育: Catostomus wigginsi 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 (2018).