Original description as Chirostoma contrerasi:
ZooBank:C38EE9CD-1013-45DE-A944-AA6071427282.
- Barbour, Clyde D.. 2002. "Chirostoma contrerasi (Atherinopsidae, Menidiinae), a new species from Lago de Chapala, Mexico". Libro jubilar en honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico. 23-33 (ffm00522)
Conservation: Chirostoma contrerasi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).