最初命名為 Cichlasoma regani:
ZooBank:6FDA36BB-171A-4898-841F-A7BBE4A3401E.
- Miller, Robert Rush. 1974. "Cichlasoma regani, a new species of cichlid fish from the Rio Coatzacoalcos Basin, Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 87(40):465-472 (ffm00251)
保育: Maskaheros regani 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (DD) 資料缺乏 (2018). In spite of the widespread deforestation of the rainforest in the area of distribution of Maskaheros regani, there is no immediate apparent danger to the survival of the species.