Original description as Anableps dowei:
ZooBank:956D858D-CDCB-497C-96D1-C876D6825CF9.
- Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1861. "Description of a new species of the genus Anableps of Gronovius". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13:3-6 (ffm00168) (abstract)
Conservation: Anableps dowii is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).