Original description as Cyprinodon suavium:
- Strecker, Ulrike. 2005. "Description of a new species from Laguna Chichancanab, Yucatan, Mexico: Cyprinodon suavium (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae)". Hydrobiologia. (541):107–115 (ffm00590) (abstract)
Conservation: Cyprinodon suavium is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.