Considerado un sinónimo menor de Algansea tincella (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1844)
- Gilbert, Carter R.. 1998. "Type catalog of Recent and fossil North American Freshwater fishes: families Cyprinidae, Catostomidae, Ictaluridae, Centrarchidae and Elassomatidae". Florida Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 1. 1-284 (ffm00083)
Descripción original como Algansea australe:
- Jordan, David Starr. 1880. "Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the streams of Guanajuato and in Chapala Lake, Mexico, by Prof. A. Dugès". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 2(94):298-301 (ffm04501)