Original description as Gambusia zarskei:
ZooBank:2EBF8041-CD16-4FAF-A649-68E9993CFB25.
- Meyer, Manfred & Susanne Schories, Manfred Schartl. 2010. "Description of Gambusia zarskei sp. n. – a new poeciliid fish from the upper Rio Conchos system, Chihuahua, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 60(1):11-18 (ffm01065) (abstract)
Conservation: Gambusia zarskei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2019).