Original description as Zoogoneticus purhepechus:
ZooBank:02890963-E887-4A3D-AA67-DA510EAC1499.
- Domínguez Domínguez, Omar & R. Pérez-Rodríguez, I. Doadrio. 2008. "Morphological and genetic comparative analyses of populations of Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) from central Mexico, with description of a new species". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. (79):373-383 (ffm04536) (abstract)
Conservation: Zoogoneticus purhepechus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2018).