最初命名為 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 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.