Original description as Catostomus congestus:
ZooBank:3F1289E4-0CDC-434A-AA8B-187AED21E31E.
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (7):24-29 (ffm00256)
Synonyms (1):
- Moxostoma campbelli Girard, 1856, with type locality at Live Oak Creek [Crocket County] and Devils River [Val Verde County], basin of the Rio Grande del Norte, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1998
Conservation: Moxostoma congestum is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).