最初描述为 Poecilia chica:
ZooBank:29626B95-2DD9-4829-A504-D0DDC209F267.
- 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)
保育: Poecilia chica 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (DD) 数据缺乏（Data deficient） (2018). The species is potentially threatened by destruction, modification, or reduction of its habitat as a result of perturbations caused by factors such as sedimentation, chemical pollution, de-watering, and anthropogenic modifications to natural channels or flow regimes (Maiz-Tome, 2019).