最初命名為 Siphostoma starksii:
ZooBank:640321E5-9704-4C2D-A886-852A458F73BE.
- Jordan, David Starr. 1895. "The fishes of Sinaloa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 5:377-514 (ffm00034)
保育: Pseudophallus starksii 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.