最初命名為 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)
同種異名 (1):
- Theraps rheophilus Seegers & Staeck, 1985, 其模式產地在 Río Nututun 6 km south of Palenque, Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. 鑑定者: Conkel, 1993
保育: Rheoheros lentiginosus 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). 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).