最初命名為 Girardinichthys ireneae:
- Radda, Alfred C & M.K. Meyer. 2003. "Description of Girardinichthys ireneae sp. n. from Zacapu, Michoacan, Mexico with remarks on the genera Girardinichthys Bleeker, 1860 and Hubbsina de Buen, 1941 (Goodeidae, Pisces)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. (104B):5-9 (ffm04519) (摘要)
保育: Hubbsina ireneae 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.