最初的描述(命名) :
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1848. "Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Berlin. 1:289-303 (ffm04582)
模式物種: Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 (subsequent designation).
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (35):
有效: 24 同義字: 11- Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 (有效)
- Limia couchiana Girard, 1859 (有效)
- Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866 (有效)
- Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Everman, 1896 (同義字)
- Xiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (有效)
- Xiphophorus jalapae Meek, 1902 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus variatus Meek, 1904 (有效)
- Xiphophorus brevis Regan, 1907 (同義字)
- Xiphophorus strigatus Regan, 1907 (同義字)
- Xiphophorus malinche Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1910 (有效)
- Xiphophorus rachovii Regan, 1911 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus xiphidium Hubbs & Gordon, 1934 (有效)
- Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935 (同義字)
- Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935 (同義字)
- Xiphophorus pygmaeus Hubbs & Gordon, 1943 (有效)
- Xiphophorus clemenciae Alvarez, 1959 (有效)
- Xiphophorus helleri alvarezi Rosen, 1960 (有效)
- Xiphophorus montezumae cortezi Rosen, 1960 (有效)
- Xiphophorus variatus evelynae Rosen, 1960 (有效)
- Xiphophorus milleri Rosen, 1960 (有效)
- Xiphophorus pygmaeus nigrensis Rosen, 1960 (有效)
- Xiphophorus gordoni Miller & Minckley, 1963 (有效)
- Xiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980 (有效)
- Xiphophorus montezumae birchmanni Lechner & Radda, 1987 (有效)
- Xiphophorus meyeri Schartl & Schröder, 1988 (有效)
- Xiphophorus marmoratus Obregón-Barboza & Contreras-Balderas, 1988 (同義字)
- Xiphophorus continens Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 (有效)
- Xiphophorus multilineatus Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 (有效)
- Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 (有效)
- Xiphophorus kallmani Meyer & Schartl, 2003 (有效)
- Xiphophorus mixei Kallman, Walter, Morizot & Kazianis, 2004 (有效)
- Xiphophorus monticolus Kallman, Walter, Morizot & Kazianis, 2004 (有效)
潛在的未定種 (1):
- sp. 'regio' (未描述)