Original description as Notropis aguirrepequenoi:
- Contreras-Balderas, Salvador. 1973. "Notropis aguirrepequeñoi, especie nueva endemica del Rio Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Pisces: Cyprinidae)". Publicaciones Biologicas / Instituto de Investigaciones cientificas. 1(2):9-23 (ffm00140)
Conservation: Notropis aguirrepequenoi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (1996).