最初命名為 Cyprinodon carpio:
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
保育: Floridichthys carpio 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.