Original description as Cyprinodon esconditus:
- Strecker, Ulrike. 2002. "Cyprinodon esconditus, a new pupfish from Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan, Mexico (Cyprinodontidae)". Cybium. 26(4):301-307 (ffm00178)
Conservation: Cyprinodon esconditus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.