Original description as Hudsonius altus:
ZooBank:8D63153C-D2E2-44F9-BA68-0E0D7A2E3BCC.
- Jordan, David Starr. 1880. "Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the streams of Guanajuato and in Chapala Lake, Mexico, by Prof. A. Dugès". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 2(94):298-301 (ffm04501)
Synonyms (1):
- Notropis celayensis Álvarez, 1958, with type locality at Los Positos [area of spings that lie adjacent to tributary of Río Lerma], northwest of Celaya, state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Determiner: Miller, 1991
Conservation: Yuriria alta is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.