Original description as Xiphophorus hellerii:
ZooBank:EAFFD63B-B782-416F-AC9C-D4511B159FF9.
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1848. "Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Berlin. 1:289-303 (ffm04582)
Synonyms (2):
- Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Everman, 1896, with type locality at Río Chisoy, basin of Río Usumacinta, Guatemala. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Xiphophorus jalapae Meek, 1902, with type locality at Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Xiphophorus brevis Regan, 1907, with type locality at Stann Creek, Belize. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Xiphophorus strigatus Regan, 1907, with type locality at Veracruz and Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Determiner: Lucinda, 2003
- Xiphophorus rachovii Regan, 1911, with type locality at Porto Barrios between Lake Yzabal [Izabal] and Río Motagua, eastern coast of Guatemala. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Conservation: Xiphophorus hellerii is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2019).