Original description as Chirostoma estor:
ZooBank:A9C57924-C6B6-4305-987A-A75AD8D60B7C.
- Jordan, David Starr. 1880. "Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the streams of Guanajuato and in Chapala Lake, Mexico, by Prof. A. Dugès". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 2(94):298-301 (ffm04501)
Synonyms (1):
- Chirostoma albus Steindachner, 1894, with type locality at Lake Cuitzeo [Patzcuaro] near Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
- Chirostoma estor pacanda de Buen, 1940, with type locality at Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
- Chirostoma estor tecuena de Buen, 1940, with type locality at Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
- Chirostoma michoacanae de Buen, 1940, with type locality at Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico. Determiner: Reis et al., 2003
Sub-species:
Conservation: Chirostoma estor is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2018).