最初命名為 Xiphophorus montezumae:
ZooBank:2D6B74C4-2A4C-4D1D-B5F5-727B0425AA73.
- Jordan, David Starr & J.O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19:115-147 (ffm00041)
保育: Xiphophorus montezumae 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).