最初命名為 Cichlasoma pasionis:
ZooBank:EEB39AD5-019A-4D2D-9026-9332C3C226BF.
- Rivas, Luis Rene. 1962. "Cichlasoma pasionis, a new species of cichlid fish of the Thorichthys group, from the Rio de la Pasion, Guatemala". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science. 25(2):147-156 (ffm00275)
保育: Thorichthys pasionis 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). Not listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-ECOL-2001 with any degree of protection. Although faced with pollution in part of its range, most of it remains relatively stable.