- Descrito por / Described by:
Carl H. Eigenmann, 1912

- Nome original / Original name:
Moenkhausia profunda

- Nome do artigo / Article name:
The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands.

- Publicado em / Published in:
Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103.

- Localidade tipo / Type locality:
Plantação de borracha Issora, Guiana. / Issora Rubber Plantation, Guyana.