最初的描述(命名) :
- Meek, Seth Eugene. 1904. "The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec". Field Columbian Museum Publication. 1-252 (ffm00159)
模式物種: Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (original designation).
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (8):
有效: 7 同義字: 1- Heros helleri Steindachner, 1864 (有效)
- Heros maculipinnis Steindachner, 1864 (有效)
- Heros (Heros) callolepis Regan, 1904 (有效)
- Thorichthys ellioti Meek, 1904 (同義字)
- Thorichthys helleri meeki Brind, 1918 (有效)
- Cichlasoma pasionis Rivas, 1962 (有效)
- Cichlasoma socolofi Miller & Taylor, 1984 (有效)
- Thorichthys panchovillai Del Moral-Flores, López-Segovia & Hernández-Arellano, 2017 (有效)
物種群組:
- Helleri (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
- Meeki (Miller & Nelson, 1961)
helleri, maculipinnis, callolepis, socolofi, panchovillai.