Original description as Dorosoma anale:
ZooBank:7E66F813-1A8D-47A3-A1CE-8003DCDAD049.
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1904. "The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 1-252 (ffm00159)
Conservation: Dorosoma anale is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).