Original description as Algansea barbata:
ZooBank:2478B040-D70C-4C32-8C1E-E7DE3B3E1854.
- Álvarez del Villar, José & M.T. Cortés. 1964. "Una especie de Algansea capturada en el Alto Lerma (Pisc., Cyprin.)". Ciencia. 23(3):104-106 (ffm00087)
Conservation: Algansea barbata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.