Original description as Priapella lacandonae:
- Meyer, Manfred & S. Schories, M. Schartl. 2011. "Description of Priapella lacandonae sp. n. – a new poeciliid fish from the río Tulijá basin, Grijalva system, Chiapas, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 61(1):91– 97 (ffm00304) (abstract)
Conservation: Priapella lacandonae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.