最初命名為 Cichlasoma pantostictum:
ZooBank:98D726F7-5110-4963-A6DB-2B5F2DD754BC.
- Taylor, Jeffrey & Robert Rush Miller. 1983. "Cichlid fishes (genus Cichlasoma) of the Rio Panuco basin, eastern Mexico, with description of a new species". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas. (104):24 (ffm00258)
同種異名 (2):
- Herichthys molango Taylor & Miller, 1983, 其模式產地在 Laguna Azteca, Hidalgo, México, Lat. 20.80388333, Long. −98.74801667, 1274 masl. 鑑定者: Pérez-Miranda et al., 2020
- Herichthys pratinus De la Maza Benignos & Lozano Vilano, 2013, 其模式產地在 Río Micos, San Luis Potosí, México. Lat. 22.11626667, Long. −99.16976667, 223 masl. 鑑定者: Říčan et al., 2016
保育: Herichthys pantostictus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2018). Herichthys pantostictus is very widely distributed and most of the localities where it inhabits remain in good conditions, so no foreseeable danger to the species is present at the time.