最初的描述:
- Agassiz, Louis. 1859. "Remarks on new fishes from Lake Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6:407-408 (crc00138)
标本品种: Amphilophus froebelii Agassiz, 1859 (monotypy).
同种异名:
- Erythrichthus Meek, 1907, 1907. 鉴定者: Kullander, Sven, 2003
- Curraichthys Fernández Yépez, 1969. 鉴定者: Kullander, Sven, 1997
已包括的已描述鱼种 (31):
有效的: 17 同种异名: 14- Amphilophus froebelii Agassiz, 1859 (同种异名)
- Heros citrinellus Günther, 1864 (有效的)
- Heros labiatus Günther, 1864 (有效的)
- Heros trimaculatus Günther, 1867 (有效的)
- Heros lobochilus Günther, 1867 (同种异名)
- Heros erythraeus Günther, 1867 (同种异名)
- Heros basilaris Gill, 1877 (同种异名)
- Heros istlanus Jordan & Snyder, 1899 (有效的)
- Heros mento Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma mojarra Meek, 1904 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma tenue Meek, 1906 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma centrale Meek, 1906 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma dorsatum Meek, 1907 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma granadense Meek, 1907 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma (Parapetenia) leonhard-schultzei Ahl, 1935 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma gordonsmithi Fowler, 1936 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma istlana fusca de Buen, 1946 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma hogaboomorum Carr & Giovannoli, 1950 (有效的)
- Cichlasoma cajali Alvarez & Gutierrez, 1953 (同种异名)
- Cichlasoma lyonsi Gosse, 1966 (有效的)
- Cichlasoma zaliosum Barlow, 1976 (有效的)
- Amphilophus sagittae Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 (有效的)
- Amphilophus xiloaensis Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 (有效的)
- Amphilophus amarillo Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 (有效的)
- Amphilophus chancho Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008 (有效的)
- Amphilophus flaveolus Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008 (有效的)
- Amphilophus astorquii Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008 (有效的)
- Amphilophus supercilius Geiger, McCrary & Stauffer, 2010 (有效的)
- Amphilophus globosus Geiger, McCrary & Stauffer, 2010 (有效的)
- Amphilophus tolteca Recknagel, Kusche, Elmer & Meyer, 2013 (有效的)
- Amphilophus viridis Recknagel, Kusche, Elmer & Meyer, 2013 (有效的)
可能未被描述的鱼种 (1):
- sp. 'xiloa fatlip' (未描述的)
种群:
- Citrinellus (Barlow & Munsey, 1976)
sp. 'xiloa fatlip', citrinellus, labiatus, hogaboomorum, zaliosus, sagittae, xiloaensis, amarillo, chancho, flaveolus, astorquii, supercilius, globosus, tolteca, viridis.