最初命名為 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)
同種異名 (2):
- Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914, 其模式產地在 Mexico. 鑑定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914, 其模式產地在 Mexico. 鑑定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914, 其模式產地在 Mexico. 鑑定者: Brind, 1914
- Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935, 其模式產地在 No locality. 鑑定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935, 其模式產地在 No locality. 鑑定者: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
保育: Xiphophorus maculatus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (DD) 資料缺乏 (2018).