Original description as Australoheros ribeirae:
- Ottoni, Felipe & Osvaldo T. Oyakawa & Wilson J.E.M. Costa. 2008. "A new species of the genus Australoheros from the rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, São Paulo, Brazil (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 58 (1) 2008 pp. 75-81 (crc01571)
Conservation: Australoheros ribeirae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.