Original description as Heros gibbiceps:
- 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):
- Cichlasoma teapae Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902, with type locality at Río Teapa at Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. Determiner: Stawikowski & Werner, 1987
Conservation: Paraneetroplus gibbiceps is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.