Descripción original como Poecilia catemaconis:
ZooBank:CB37C6CC-3D5A-42CE-8E37-D6F046AC7851.
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1975. "Five new species of Mexican poeciliid fishes of the genera Poecilia, Gambusia, and Poeciliopsis". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (674):1-44 (ffm04575)
Conservación: Poecilia catemaconis no es evaluada en la lista roja de especies amenazadas de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. Poecilia catemaconis is commercially exploited by fishermen in Lake Catemaco (Miller, 1975:18), and although the limited distribution of this species, its resilience is sufficiently high to maintain a stable population.