Original description:
- Miller, Robert Rush & J.M. Fitzsimons. 1971. "Ameca splendens, a new genus and species of goodeid fish from western México, with remarks on the classification of the Goodeidae". Copeia. 1971(1):1-13 (ffm04534)
Type species: Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971 (original designation).