Considered a synonym of Poeciliopsis occidentalis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Minckley, Wendell L & P.C. Marsh. 2009. "Inland fishes of the Greater Southwest. Chronicle of a Vanishing Biota". The University of Arizona Press. 1-426 (ffm00033)
Original description as Arizonichthys psammophilus:
- Nichols, John Treadwell. 1940. "Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 28. A new tooth-carp from Arizona". American Museum Novitates. (1084):1-2 (ffm00032)