Considéré comme synonyme junior de Vieja fenestrata (Günther, 1860)
- Paepke, Hans-Joachin & R. Morgenstern, I. Schindler. 2014. "Cichlid fishes (Teleostei, Cichlidae) collected by Ferdinand Deppe in Mexico". Vertebrate Zoology. 64(1):43 – 57 (ffm06184) (résumé)
Décrit initialement sous Heros parma:
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4; i-xxi + 1-534 (ffm00035)