Original description as Tetragonopterus aeneus:
ZooBank:1EAB2A57-F527-4499-848D-57832CEC5ABD.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1860. "On new reptiles and fishes from Mexico". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27(1860)::316-319 (ffm00026)
Synonyms (1):
- Astyanax armandoi Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Valderas, 1997, with type locality at Penjamo, near Palenque, Chiapas [Tabasco], Usumacinta basin, Mexico, 17°28'N, 91°36'W. Determiner: Schmitter-Soto et al., 2008
Conservation: Astyanax aeneus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).