Uznawany jako synonim Poecilia orri Fowler, 1943
- Poeser, Fred. 2003. "Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) with descriptions of three new species and lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887". From the Amazon R. to the Amazon molly and back again. The evolution and systematics of the genus Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801. 44-69 (ffm00012) (streszczenie)
Oryginalny opis jako Poecilia vetiprovidentiae:
- Fowler, Henry W. 1950. "Results of the Catherwood-Chaplin West Indies Expedition, 1948. Part III. The fishes". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 102:69-93 (ffm00020)