Original description as Eugerres castroaguirrei:
- González-Acosta, Adrián F & Rocío Rodiles-Hernández. 2013. "New species of Eugerres from the Usumacinta Province, México and Guatemala with a redescription of E. mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Teleostei: Gerreidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11(2):307-318 (ffm00353) (abstract)
Conservation: Diapterus castroaguirrei is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.