- Descrito por / Described by:
Carl H. Eigenmann, 1909

- Nome original / Original name:
Characidium blennioides

- Nome do artigo / Article name:
Reports on the expedition to British Guiana of the Indiana University and the Carnegie Museum, 1908. Report no. 1. Some new genera and species of fishes from British Guiana.

- Publicado em / Published in:
Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1): 4-54.

- Localidade tipo / Type locality:
Rio Erukin, um tributário do rio Potaro acima de Kangaruma, distrito de Mazaruni-Potaro, Guiana. / Erukin River, tributary of Potaro River above Kangaruma, Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guyana.