Original description as Cyprinodon nazas:
ZooBank:D7AA6FDA-AA18-44E2-8594-FB9E225EC6EE.
- Miller, Robert Rush & C.L. Hubbs. 1974. "Rivulus robustus, a new cyprinodontid fish from southeastern Mexico". Copeia. 1974(4):865-869 (ffm00072) (abstract)
Conservation: Cyprinodon nazas is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (1996).