Uznawany jako synonim Hyporhamphus rosae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
- Collette, Bruce Baden & N.V. Parin, M.S. Nizinski. 1992. "Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 3: Beloniformes (Teleostei)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 525:1-16 (ffm00540)
Oryginalny opis jako Hyporhamphus patris:
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1945. "Hyporhamphus patris, a new species of hemiramphid fish from Sinaloa, Mexico, with an analysis of the generic characters of Hyporhamphus and Hemiramphus". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 96(3195):185-193 (ffm00542)