最初描述为 Gobius lyricus:
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1858. "Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (10):167-171 (ffm04559)
保育: Evorthodus lyricus 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.