Original description as Xiphophorus kallmani:
ZooBank:57B4BE68-0CF1-4CDC-86AB-896435A4979D.
- Meyer, Manfred & M. Schartl. 2003. "Xiphophorus kallmani sp. n. -- a new species of swordtail from Mexico (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidade)". Zoologische Abhandlungen. 53:57-64 (ffm00069)
Conservation: Xiphophorus kallmani is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).