Considerato un sinonimo junior di Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
- Lucinda, Paulo H. 2003. "Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)". Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. 555-581 (ffm00058)
Descrizione originale come Xiphophorus strigatus:
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1907. "Diagnoses of new Central-American freshwater fishes of the families Cyprinodontidae and Mugilidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19(109):64-66 (ffm00054)