Original description as Etheostoma lugoi:
- Norris, Steven & R.R. Miller. 1997. "Two new species of Etheostoma (Osteichthyes: Percidae) from Central Coahuila, northern México". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. 8(2):159-176 (ffm00339)
Conservation: Etheostoma lugoi is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.