Original description as Algansea monticola avia:
ZooBank:B753FAAC-DC92-4B47-B2C2-0B23CE5AC869.
- Barbour, Clyde D. & R.R. Miller. 1978. "A revision of the Mexican cyprinid fish genus Algansea". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (155):1-72 (ffm00085)
Conservation: Algansea avia is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.