Original description:
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1904. "The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 1-252 (ffm00159)
Type species: Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (original designation).
Described species included (8):
valid: 7 synonym: 1- Heros helleri Steindachner, 1864 (valid)
- Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (valid)
- Heros (Heros) callolepis Regan, 1904 (valid)
- Thorichthys ellioti Meek, 1904 (synonym)
- Thorichthys helleri meeki Brind, 1918 (valid)
- Cichlasoma pasionis Rivas, 1962 (valid)
- Cichlasoma socolofi Miller & Taylor, 1984 (valid)
- Thorichthys panchovillai Del Moral-Flores, López-Segovia & Hernández-Arellano, 2017 (valid)
Species groups:
- Helleri (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
- Meeki (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
helleri, maculipinnis, callolepis, socolofi, panchovillai.