Descrizione originale come 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)
Sinonimi (1):
- Characodon audax Smith & Miller, 1986, con località tipo in 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. Determinatore: Howell D.C. et al., 2008
Conservazione: Characodon lateralis è valutata dalle organizzazioni internazionali di salvaguardia delle specie a rischio come (CR) Situazione critica di pericolo (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.