最初的描述:
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1904. "The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 1-252 (ffm00159)
标本品种: Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (original designation).
已包括的已描述鱼种 (8):
有效的: 7 同种异名: 1- Heros helleri Steindachner, 1864 (有效的)
- Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (有效的)
- Heros (Heros) callolepis Regan, 1904 (有效的)
- Thorichthys ellioti Meek, 1904 (同种异名)
- Thorichthys helleri meeki Brind, 1918 (有效的)
- Cichlasoma pasionis Rivas, 1962 (有效的)
- Cichlasoma socolofi Miller & Taylor, 1984 (有效的)
- Thorichthys panchovillai Del Moral-Flores, López-Segovia & Hernández-Arellano, 2017 (有效的)
种群:
- Helleri (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
- Meeki (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
helleri, maculipinnis, callolepis, socolofi, panchovillai.