Original description as Zoogoneticus zonistius:
ZooBank:52C71B87-6D35-4B5E-8DF2-68F9EC64BEDB.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1932. "Studies of the fishes of the order Cyprinodontes. XI. Zoogoneticus zonistius, a new species from Colima, Mexico". Copeia. (2):68-71 (ffm04502)
Conservation: Allodontichthys zonistius is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2018).