Erstbeschreibung:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1913. "A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1913:977-1018 (ffm00016)
Typusart: Poecilia presidionis Jordan & Culver, 1895 (nachträgliche Benennung).
Synonyme:
- Poecilistes Hubbs, 1926, 1926. Identifiziert von: Miller, Robert Rush, 1955
Beschriebene Art eingefügt (26):
valide: 20 Synonym: 6- Xiphophorus gracilis Heckel, 1848 (valide)
- Heterandia occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1853 (valide)
- Girardinus sonoriensis Girard, 1859 (valide)
- Gambusia heckeli Bleeker, 1860 (Synonym)
- Girardinus pleurospilus Günther, 1866 (valide)
- Gambusia infans Woolman, 1894 (valide)
- Glaridodon latidens Garman, 1895 (valide)
- Poecilia presidionis Jordan & Culver, 1895 (valide)
- Gambusia fasciata Meek, 1904 (valide)
- Gambusia turrubarensis Meek, 1912 (valide)
- Heterandria colombianus Eigenmann & Henn, 1912 (Synonym)
- Priapichthys fosteri Hildebrand, 1925 (Synonym)
- Poeciliopsis balsas Hubbs, 1926 (valide)
- Arizonichthys psammophilus Nichols, 1940 (Synonym)
- Poeciliopsis anonas de Buen, 1943 (Synonym)
- Poeciliopsis porosus de Buen, 1943 (Synonym)
- Poeciliopsis lucida Miller, 1960 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis monacha Miller, 1960 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis prolifica Miller, 1960 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis viriosa Miller, 1960 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis catemaco Miller, 1965 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis turneri Miller, 1975 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis hnilickai Meyer & Vogel, 1981 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis scarlli Meyer, Riehl, Dawes & Dibble, 1985 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis benschi Meyer, Radda, Riehl & Feichtinger, 1986 (valide)
- Poeciliopsis jackschultzi Conway, Mateos & Vrijenhoek, 2019 (valide)