Original description as Catostomus insignis:
ZooBank:E3EAD8E3-27B7-4F84-BDFE-C86CBADDD9EB.
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (7):24-29 (ffm00256)
Synonyms (1):
- Catostomus gila Kirsch, 1889, with type locality at Gila River, at Fort Thomas, Graham County, Arizona, U.S.A. Determiner: Gilbert, 1998
Conservation: Catostomus insignis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).