Original description as Mollienesia latipinna:
ZooBank:3C611FB4-E502-482C-A982-08C04C34E7C7.
- Lesueur, Charles-Alexander. 1821. "Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish indigenous to the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2:2-8 (ffm00005)
Synonyms (1):
- Poecilia multilineata Lesueur, 1821, with type locality at New Orleans or eastern Florida, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Limia poeciloides Girard, 1858, with type locality at Indianola, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Poecilia lineolata Girard, 1858, with type locality at Rio Grande, Brownsville and Fort Brown, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Limia matamorensis Girard, 1859, with type locality at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Conservation: Poecilia latipinna is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.