Original description as Poecilia maylandi:
- Meyer, Manfred. 1983. "Une nouvelle espèce de Poecilia du guerrero, Mexique (Pisces: Poeciliidae)". Revue française d'Aquariologie et Herpetologie. v. 10(n. 2), pp. 55-58 (ffm00006)
Conservation: Poecilia maylandi is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.