Original description as Menidia colei:
ZooBank:78BEDA43-89CC-4AC6-ACCB-EAF34ED09D90.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". Carnegie Institute Washington Publications. (457)157-287 (ffm00250)
Conservation: Menidia colei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (NT) near threatened (2018).