Původní popis
Tagliacollo, V. A., Britzke, R., Silva, G. S. C. & Benini, R. C. 2011. Astyanax pirapuan: a new characid species from the upper Rio Paraguay system, Mato Grosso, Central Brazil (Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 2749: 40–46.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.