最初描述为 Platypoecilus maculatus:
ZooBank:62E908F4-D48B-423F-83BE-B5B3C225A7CB.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
同种异名 (2):
- Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914, 标本产地来自于 Mexico. 鉴定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914, 标本产地来自于 Mexico. 鉴定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914, 标本产地来自于 Mexico. 鉴定者: Brind, 1914
- Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935, 标本产地来自于 No locality. 鉴定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935, 标本产地来自于 No locality. 鉴定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
保育: Xiphophorus maculatus 由国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (DD) 数据缺乏(Data deficient) (2018).