考慮為晚期同種異名 Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Rosen, Donn E & R.M. Bailey. 1963. "The poeciliid fishes (Cyprinodontiformes), their structure, zoogeography, and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 126(1):1-176 (ffm04566)
最初命名為 Gambusia plumbea:
- Müller, J.W. von. 1864. "Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 vols". F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864-65. 1-3:1-394, 1-482, 1-482 (ffm04587)