最初命名為 Gobiesox mexicanus:
ZooBank:3CA4FB69-CC61-4BD9-8CF9-1ADB9063EB63.
- 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 mexicanus 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). Gobiesox mexicanus faces a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its natural habitat as a result of overextraction of water resources for agricultural irrigation, industrial and urban uses across its range (Schmitter-Soto, 2019).