最初描述为 Characodon lateralis:
ZooBank:08E6C907-C69E-4723-85B8-AB7C55121D3A.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
同种异名 (1):
- Characodon audax Smith & Miller, 1986, 标本产地来自于 Pond at El Ojo de Agua de Las Mujeres, near the village of El Toboso (24°16'35''N, 104°34'5''W), Durango, Mexico. 鉴定者: Howell D.C. et al., 2008
保育: Characodon lateralis 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (CR) 极危（Critically endangered） (2018). Of the more than fifteen known localities where Characodon lateralis has been known to inhabit during the last fifty years, they just remain nowadays in six, and they may disappear very soon from localities where they localities where they remain, all highly vulnerable.