Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853)
| A contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the Rio de la Plata Albert C L G Günther (1880) Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 7-13 | |
| Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Central America and southern Mexico C H Eigenmann (1893) Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16: 53-60 | |
| A new generic name for an orectolobid shark C T Regan (1908) Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 454-455 | |
| A collection of freshwater fishes made by Mr. C. F. Underwood in Costa Rica C T Regan (1908) Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 455-464 | |
| The American Characidae C H Eigenmann (1921) Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43: 209-310 |