Considéré comme synonyme junior de Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Poeser, Fred. 2003. "Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) with descriptions of three new species and lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887". From the Amazon R. to the Amazon molly and back again. The evolution and systematics of the genus Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801. 44-69 (ffm00012) (résumé)
Décrit initialement sous Mollienesia sphenops altissima:
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". Carnegie Institute Washington Publications. (457)157-287 (ffm00250)