Original description as Allodontichthys hubbsi:
- Miller, Robert Rush & T. Uyeno. 1980. "Allodontichthys hubbsi, a new species of goodeid fish from southwestern Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (n. 692), pp. 1-13 (ffm04503)
Conservation: Allodontichthys hubbsi is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.