Original description as Priapella chamulae:
ZooBank:48731CBE-48CE-417E-8DA5-5A93C13B7043.
- Schartl, Manfred & M.K. Meyer, B. Wilde. 2006. "Description of Priapella chamulae sp. n. - a new poeciliid fish from the upper río Grijalva system, Tabasco, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)". Zoologische Abhandlungen. 55:59-67 (ffm00044) (abstract)
Conservation: Priapella chamulae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).