Original description as Yuriria amatlana:
- Domínguez Domínguez, Omar & A. Pompa-Domínguez, I. Doadrio. 2007. "A new species of the genus Yuriria Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Ameca basin of the central Mexican Plateau". Graellsia, Revista de Zoologia, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. 63(2):259-271 (ffm00190)
Conservation: Yuriria amatlana is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.