最初描述为 Rocio ocotal:
- Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo. 2007. "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species". Zootaxa. 1603:1-78 (ffm01457)
保育: Rocio ocotal 未被国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.