- Descrito por / Described by:
Spencer F. Baird & Charles Girard, 1854

- Nome original / Original name:
Astyanax argentatus

- Nome do artigo / Article name:
Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A.

- Publicado em / Published in:
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7: 24-29.

- Localidade tipo / Type locality:
Tributários do alto rio Nueces, Texa, U.S.A. / Upper tributaries of Nueces River, Texas, U.S.A