Original description:
- Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo. 2007. "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species". Zootaxa. 1603:1-78 (crc01457) (abstract)
Type species: Neetroplus panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1913 (original designation).