Descripción original como Poeciliopsis turneri:
ZooBank:7D061A91-AFD6-45FC-B33A-586E9E46D9C9.
- 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)
Conservación: Poeciliopsis turneri es evaluada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza en la lista roja de especies amenazadas como (DD) datos deficientes (2018). P. turneri is reported as abundant at some localities. Major pervasive threats are unknown, but there is no evidence of major population decline (Snoeks et al., 2019).