最初命名為 Chirostoma beryllinum:
ZooBank:8F7DB1DC-63F6-4574-A1A2-DF8D0FC6D75D.
- Cope, Edward D. 1867. "Supplement on some new species of American and African fishes". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 13(13):400-407 (ffm00520)
保育: Menidia beryllina 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018).