最初命名為 Heros (Cichlasoma) labridens:
ZooBank:0B52A938-6DFF-4764-9045-A8D1CA111AAC.
- Pellegrin, Jacques. 1903. "Description de Cichlidés nouveax de la collection du Muséum". Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle. 120-125 (ffm00260)
保育: Herichthys labridens 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (EN) 瀕危 (2018). Listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001 with classification A (In danger of extinction). Many years of experience with this species and its habitat show me that in fact this species may not be in danger of extinction, but it is vulnerable.