最初命名為 Poecilia butleri:
ZooBank:C97C35EA-C93E-4E55-8019-937CEC9AAAE0.
- Jordan, David Starr. 1888. "List of fishes collected by Alphonse Ferrer about Mazatlan, with descriptions of two new species - Heros beani and Poecilia butleri". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 11(719):332-333 (ffm00330)
同種異名 (1):
- Platypoecilus nelsoni Meek, 1904, 其模式產地在 Papayo, Río Balsas basin, Guerrero, Mexico. 鑑定者: Parenti et al., 1999
保育: Poecilia butleri 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018).