Original description as Astyanax acatlanensis:
ZooBank:67024FAF-D735-430C-920E-5E79A4FAEAF4.
- Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo. 2017. "A revision of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species". Journal of Natural History. 51(23-24):1331-1424. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1324050 (ffm00869) (abstract)
Conservation: Astyanax acatlanensis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).