Descripción original como Xiphophorus continens:
ZooBank:9B46465A-7E04-44B6-85DA-A52830427BC5.
- Rauchenberger, Mary & K.D. Kallman, D.C. Morizot. 1990. "Monophyly and geography of the Río Pánuco Basin swordtails (Genus Xiphophorus) with descriptions of four new species". American Museum Novitates. (2975):1-41 (ffm00052) (resumen)
Conservación: Xiphophorus continens es evaluada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza en la lista roja de especies amenazadas como (DD) datos deficientes (2019). Although the area of distribution of X. continens is preserved in relatively good condition, mainly by its remoteness, given its small extension it is prone to suffer alterations by further deforestation around the main spring — recently its eastern part has been deforested for agriculture, as well as the introduction of exotic species, common now in other areas of the Pánuco. In recent years, Poeciliopsis gracilis has been introduced to some areas of the Gallinas River, in my estimation causing a decrease in the numbers of Poecilia mexicana.