Original description as Cyprinodon variegatus artifrons:
ZooBank:48786F6F-A554-41D4-BFBD-377B2937D118.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". Carnegie Institute Washington Publications. (457)157-287 (ffm00250)
Conservation: Cyprinodon artifrons is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.