最初命名為 Dionda erimyzonops:
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt & R.R. Miller. 1974. "Dionda erimyzonops, a new, dwarf cyprinid fish inhabiting the Gulf coastal plain of Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (671):1-17 (ffm04596)
保育: Tampichthys erimyzonops 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.