Original description as Moxostoma mascotae:
ZooBank:C87797FC-5C06-4A75-8E29-D46F3007D577.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1906. "Pisces". Biologia Centrali-Americana. 1-203. ISBN: 9781333207144 (ffm00277)
Conservation: Moxostoma mascotae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.