最初命名為 Pimephales promelas:
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 6]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(5):299-307 (ffm00149)
同種異名 (1):
- Hyborhynchus confertus Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Hurrah Creek, tributary of Rio Pecos, near Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County New Mexico, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Hyborhynchus puniceus Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Antelope Creek, tributary of Canadian River, near Fitch, Hutchinson County, Texas. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Pimephales fasciatus Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Yellowstone River and Milk River, Montana, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Pimephales maculosus Girard, 1856, 其模式產地在 Sluice of Arkansas River, near Fort Makee [Fort Atkinson], Ford County, Kansas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Plargyrus melanocephalus Abbott, 1860, 其模式產地在 Lake Whittlesey, Minnesota, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Pimephales milesii Cope, 1865, 其模式產地在 Grosse Isle, Detroit River, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Pimephales agassizii Cope, 1867, 其模式產地在 Tributary of Ohio River at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Coliscus parietalis Cope, 1871, 其模式產地在 Missouri River near St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Hyborhynchus nigellus Cope, 1875, 其模式產地在 Arkansas River at Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Cliola smithii Evermann & Cox, 1896, 其模式產地在 Prairie Creek near Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
- Pimephales anuli Kendall, 1903, 其模式產地在 Cross Lake Thoroughfare (stream connecting Salmon and Cross lakes), Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Gilbert, 1998
保育: Pimephales promelas 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.