ZooBank:0398287F-0856-4484-82F1-443293CCDBC8.

Descripción original como Heros urophthalmus:

Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4; i-xxi + 1-534 - (ffm00035)