Original description as Heros maculipinnis:
ZooBank:DC16364D-2885-4539-9B85-2975595BFBA3.
- 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)
Synonyms (1):
- Thorichthys ellioti Meek, 1904, with type locality at Motzorongo, Veracruz State, Mexico. Determiner: Artigas Azas, 1996
Conservation: Thorichthys maculipinnis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Most populations of Thorichthys maculipinnis appear to these days stable in their natural distribution.