最初命名為 Gila robusta:
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of some new fishes from the River Zuni". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:368-369 (ffm00128)
同種異名 (3):
- Gila gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853, 其模式產地在 Zuni River, New Mexico [actually: Little Colorado River, at Grand Falls, Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.A.]. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Gila grahamii Baird & Girard, 1853, 其模式產地在 Rio San Pedro, Gila River basin, Arizona, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
- Ptychocheilus vorax Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Colorado River drainage between Cochetopapa Creek and Green River, Colorado/Utah, U.S.A. 鑑定者: La Rivers, 1994
- Gila affinis Abbott, 1860, 其模式產地在 Bridger Pass, Wyoming, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Leuciscus zunnensis Günther, 1868, 其模式產地在 Zuni River, New Mexico [but probably Little Colorado River, at Grand Falls, Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.A.]. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Gila nacrea Cope, 1871, 其模式產地在 Fork of Green River near Fort Bridger, Wyoming, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Gila jordani Tanner, 1950, 其模式產地在 Crystal Spring, Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
保育: Gila robusta 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.