最初的描述:
- Swainson, William John. 1839. "The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. London". Natural History of Fishes. i-vi + 1-448 (crc00281)
标本品种: Lobotes ocellatus Agassiz, 1831 (monotypy).
同种异名:
- Acara Heckel, 1840. 鉴定者: Eigenmann, Carl H, 1910
- Hygrogonus Günther, 1862. 鉴定者: Kullander, Sven, 1986
已包括的已描述鱼种 (8):
有效的: 3 同种异名: 5- Lobotes ocellatus Agassiz, 1831 (有效的)
- Acara crassipinnis Heckel, 1840 (有效的)
- Cychla rubroocellata Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 (同种异名)
- Acara compressus Cope, 1872 (同种异名)
- Acara hyposticta Cope, 1878 (同种异名)
- Astronotus ocellatus zebra Pellegrin , 1904 (同种异名)
- Astronotus orbiculatus Haseman, 1911 (同种异名)
- Astronotus mikoljii Perez Lozano, Lasso-Alcalá, Bittencourt, Taphorn, Perez, Pires Farias, 2022 (有效的)