最初描述为 Heros lentiginosus:
ZooBank:009F9B65-2CDE-4BE4-B870-2CE3D02F2026.
- Steindachner, Franz. 1864. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's". Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 23(2):57-74 (ffm00248)
同种异名 (1):
- Theraps rheophilus Seegers & Staeck, 1985, 标本产地来自于 Río Nututun 6 km south of Palenque, Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. 鉴定者: Conkel, 1993
保育: Rheoheros lentiginosus 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (LC) 无危（Least Concern） (2018). The species is thought to be widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range to the threats of deforestation, habitat degradation, and invasive species, it is not thought that any global population decline is likely to happen (Daniels, 2019).