ZooBank:B60422B0-4E98-4777-9C96-27CAB4816BF8.

Descripción original como Catostomus texanus:

Abbott, Charles Conrad. 1853. "Description of four new species of North American Cyprinidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:368-369 - (ffm00132)

Sinónimos (1):

• Quassilabia cypho Lockington, 1879, con localidad tipo en Colorado River, at the junction of the Gila River, Arizona, U.S.A. Certificador: La Rivers, 1994