最初命名為 Leptocottus armatus:
- Girard, Charles Frederic. 1854. "Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7:129-140 (ffm00543)
保育: Leptocottus armatus 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.