考慮為晚期同種異名 Apistogramma Regan, 1913
- Kullander, Sven. 1980. "A taxonomical study of the genus Apistogramma Regan, with a revision of Brazilian and Peruvian species (Teleostei: Percoidei: Cichlidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 1-152 (crc00334)
最初的描述(命名) :
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1906. "Revision of the South-American cichlid genera Retroculus, Geophagus, Heterogramma, and Biotoecus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]17:49-66 (crc00341)
模式物種: Mesops taeniatus Günther, 1862 (subsequent designation).