最初描述为 Cyprinella formosa:
ZooBank:7E356F69-7486-47D9-9B66-56374056A80F.
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1856. "Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8:165-213 (ffm04542)
同种异名 (2):
- Notropis santamariae Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902, 标本产地来自于 Small pool near Lake Santa María, Chihuahua, Mexico. 鉴定者: Chernoff & Miller, 1982
- Notropis mearnsi Snyder, 1915, 标本产地来自于 Río San Bernardino (tributary to Río Yaqui), near monument 77 of the international boundary, Sonora, Mexico. 鉴定者: Gilbert, 1978
保育: Cyprinella formosa 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.