Original description as Xiphophorus andersi:
ZooBank:5C46531C-0E5A-4CFB-926B-B49585707938.
- Meyer, Manfred & M. Schartl. 1980. "Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko (Pisces: Poeciliidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica. 60(3-4):147-151 (ffm00048) (abstract)
Conservation: Xiphophorus andersi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2018).