Considerado un sinónimo menor de Girardinichthys viviparus (Bustamante, 1837)
- Radda, Alfred C & M.K. Meyer. 2003. "Description of Girardinichthys ireneae sp. n. from Zacapu, Michoacan, Mexico with remarks on the genera Girardinichthys Bleeker, 1860 and Hubbsina de Buen, 1941 (Goodeidae, Pisces)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. (104B):5-9 (ffm04519) (resumen)
Descripción original como Girardinichthys limnurgus:
ZooBank:7BBD6C8F-6853-4499-A272-C9A0B6152EF5.
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann. 1927. "New genera and species of North American Fishes". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 16(15):501-507 (ffm04520)