Original description as Sclerognathus meridionalis:
ZooBank:D686277B-987C-4004-94B0-7FF7A700A01E.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1868. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,.. Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 7:1-512 (ffm00092)
Conservation: Ictiobus meridionalis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.