Erstbeschreibung als 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)
Synonyme (1):
- Characodon audax Smith & Miller, 1986, mit dem Typusfundort von 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. Identifiziert von: Howell D.C. et al., 2008
Artenschutz: Characodon lateralis wurde durch die Internationale Union für die Erhaltung der Natur (IUZN) in der Roten Liste bedrohter Arten bewertet als (CR) vom Aussterben bedroht (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.