Original description:
- Říčan, Oldřich & L. Piálek, K. Dragová, J. Novák. 2016. "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66(1):1 – 102 (ffm07292) (abstract)
Type species: Poeciliopsis scarlli Meyer, Riehl, Dawes & Dibble, 1985 (original designation).