最初命名為 Characodon furcidens:
ZooBank:84B3A67A-C0CB-49A5-BCCE-423DE373E45E.
- Jordan, David Starr & C.H. Gilbert. 1882. "Catalogue of the fishes collected by Mr. John Xantus at Cape San Lucas, which are now in the United States National Museum, with descriptions of eight new species". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 5(290):353-371 (ffm04531)
同種異名 (3):
- Ilyodon paraguayense Eigenmann, 1907, 其模式產地在 Paraguay. 鑑定者: Hubbs & Turner, 1939
- Balsadichthys xantusi Hubbs & Turner, 1939, 其模式產地在 Quiet pools of a small tributary of Río Colima, Hacienda Los Limones, Colima, Mexico. 鑑定者: Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971
- Ilyodon lennoni Meyer & Förster, 1983, 其模式產地在 Arroyo Chacambero near Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico. 鑑定者: Nelson et al., 2004
保育: Ilyodon furcidens 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018).