Original description as Platypoecilus maculatus:
ZooBank:62E908F4-D48B-423F-83BE-B5B3C225A7CB.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
Synonyms (2):
- Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914, with type locality at Mexico. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914, with type locality at Mexico. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914, with type locality at Mexico. Determiner: Brind, 1914
- Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935, with type locality at No locality. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
- Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935, with type locality at No locality. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Conservation: Xiphophorus maculatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).