最初命名為 Gobiesox fluviatilis:
ZooBank:FC73EB4B-760B-4F78-8D03-A238319E9210.
- Briggs, John C & Robert R. Miller. 1960. "Two new freshwater clingfishes of the genus Gobiesox from southern Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (616):1-15 (ffm00388)
保育: Gobiesox fluviatilis 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). The species is threatened by dam construction (Ceballos et al., 2016:388).