最初命名為 Rhamdia reddelli:
ZooBank:1B150972-A58D-40B3-BF13-FA0E29D67B20.
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1984. "Rhamdia reddelli, new species, the first blind pimelodid catfish from Middle America, with a key to the Mexican species". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 20(8):135-144 (ffm00488)
同種異名 (1):
- Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993, 其模式產地在 Cueva del Ostoc, Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz state. 鑑定者: Miller, 2006
保育: Rhamdia reddelli 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (CR) 瀕臨絕種(極危) (2019).