Original description as Priapella olmecae:
- Meyer, Manfred & H. Espinosa Pérez. 1990. "Priapella olmecae sp. n., a new species from Veracruz (Mexico) (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)". Zoologische Abhandlungen. 45(12):121-126 (ffm00043)
Conservation: Priapella olmecae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.