Original description as Profundulus parentiae:
ZooBank:552BB934-D1FE-4D8C-BA2A-4E78A8DB2527.
- Matamoros, Wilfredo & Sara E. Dominguez-Cisneros, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Caleb D. Mcmahan. 2018. "Description of a new species of killifish of the genus Profundulus (Atherinomorpha: Profundulidae) from the Mexican state of Oaxaca". Copeia. 106(2):239–246 (ffm01085) (abstract)
Conservation: Profundulus parentiae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).