Original description:
- Agassiz, Louis. 1859. "Remarks on new fishes from Lake Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 407-408 (ffm00138)
Type species: Heros managuensis Günther, 1866 (monotypy).
Described species included (3):
valid: 3- Heros friedrichsthalii Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Heros managuensis Günther, 1866 (valid)
- Cichlosoma multifasciatum Regan, 1905 (valid)