最初命名為 Poeciliopsis catemaco:
- 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: Poeciliopsis catemaco 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.