Original description as Goodea captiva:
ZooBank:7ADD3BF7-FBD7-408B-8F25-620A63BDA8C8.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1924. "Studies of the fishes of the order Cyprinodontes. V. Notes on species of Goodea and Skiffia". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (148):1-8 (ffm04528)
Synonyms (1):
- Xenoophorus erro Hubbs & Turner, 1939, with type locality at Río Santa María, of the Río Panuco system, at Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Determiner: Fitzsimons, 1979
- Xenoophorus exsul Hubbs & Turner, 1939, with type locality at Agua del Medio, midway between Venado and Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Determiner: Fitzsimons, 1979
Conservation: Xenoophorus captivus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (1996).