Original description as Priapella intermedia:
- Álvarez del Villar, José & J. Carranza. 1952. "Cuatro especies nuevas de peces dulceacuícolas del sureste de México". Ciencia. 11(10-12):281-289 (ffm00040)
Conservation: Priapella intermedia is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2009).