最初命名為 Mollienesia velifera:
ZooBank:1E2B7365-61CE-4AE0-A6F0-61D5DC32A66A.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1914. "Description of a new cyprinodont fish of the genus Mollienisia from Yucatan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(75):338 (ffm00024)
保育: Poecilia velifera 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (VU) 易危的 (2019).