Original description as Chirostoma mezquital:
ZooBank:B83071DA-B97D-4C5D-BD68-14BF6DA38D3F.
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1904. "The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 1-252 (ffm00159)
Conservation: Chirostoma mezquital is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2018).