Original description:
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (7):24-29 (ffm00256)
Type species: Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (monotypy).
Synonyms:
- Nosferatu De la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas garcía, Lozano-Vilano, García-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015.
Described species included (15):
valid: 11 synonym: 4- Heros deppii Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Heros montezuma Heckel, 1840 (synonym)
- Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (valid)
- Acara bartoni Bean, 1892 (valid)
- Neetroplus carpintis Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (valid)
- Cichlasoma steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (valid)
- Heros (Cichlasoma) labridens Pellegrin, 1903 (valid)
- Herichthys geddesi Regan, 1905 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma minckleyi Kornfield & Taylor, 1983 (valid)
- Cichlasoma pantostictum Taylor & Miller, 1983 (valid)
- Herichthys molango Taylor & Miller, 1983 (synonym)
- Herichthys tamasopoensis Artigas Azas, 1993 (valid)
- Herichthys pame De la Maza & Lozano-Vilano, 2013 (valid)
- Herichthys pratinus De la Maza Benignos & Lozano Vilano, 2013 (synonym)
- Herichthys tepehua de la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas-García, Lozano-Vilano, García-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2014 (valid)
Species groups:
- Cyanoguttatus (Artigas Azas, 1992) deppii, cyanoguttatus, bartoni, carpintis, minckleyi, tamasopoensis, tepehua.
- Labridens (Artigas Azas, 1992) steindachneri, labridens, pantostictus, pame,