Original description as Astyanax fasciatus altior:
ZooBank:FC3F9847-C0F5-45C8-BB1F-710F614174D9.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". Carnegie Institute Washington Publications. (457)157-287 (ffm00250)
Conservation: Astyanax altior is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2018).