最初描述为 Sicydium gymnogaster:
- Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert. 1884. "A revision of the fishes of the genera Sicydium and Lentipes, with descriptions of five new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884:153-172 (ffm00452)
保育: Sicydium gymnogaster 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.