Original description as Belonesox belizanus:
ZooBank:06E6787D-05D6-489C-9B9D-4F351F3D45E8.
- Kner, Rudolf. 1860. "Über Belonesox belizanus, nov. gen. et spec., aus der Familie der Cyprinodonten". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Berlin. 40(10):419-422 (ffm00066)
Synonyms (1):
- Belonesox belizanus maxillosus Hubbs, 1936, with type locality at Roadside pool south of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico. Determiner: Parenti et al., 1999
Conservation: Belonesox belizanus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).