Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Cyprinodontiformes - halančíkovci
Čeleď: Poeciliidae - živorodkovití

Synonyma: Platypoecilus aurata Stoye, 1935; Platypoecilus cyanellus Meinken, 1935; Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866; Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935; Platypoecilus maculatus cyanellus Meinken, 1935; Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935; Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914; Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914; Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914; Platypoecilus sanguinea Stoye, 1935; Poecilia maculata (Günther, 1866); Poecilia maculatus (Günther, 1866).

Reference: Günther, A. 1866. Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 6: i-xv + 1-368.