Original description as Cyprinodon variegatus:
ZooBank:ACB80906-BB9A-4867-80C4-09ECE81D3EC9.
- Lacepède, Bernhard G. E. 1803. "Histoire naturelle des poissons". Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5:1-803 (ffm00170)
Synonyms (2):
- Esox ovinus Mitchill, 1815, with type locality at New York, U.S.A. Determiner: Lazara, 2001
- Lebia ellipsoidea Lesueur, 1821, with type locality at Eastern Florida, U.S.A. Determiner: Lazara, 2001
- Lebias rhomboidalis Valenciennes, 1821, with type locality at Lake Ponchatrain, Louisiana, U.S.A. Determiner: Lazara, 2001
- Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853, with type locality at Indianola, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Lazara, 2001
- Cyprinodon baconi Breder, 1932, with type locality at Lake Forsyth, Andros Island, Bahamas. Determiner: Lee & Gilbert, 1980
Conservation: Cyprinodon variegatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.