最初的描述(命名) :
- Eigenmann, Carl H & C. H. Kennedy. 1903. "On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (crc00070)
模式物種: Geophagus cupido Heckel, 1840 (name replacement).
同種異名:
- Mesops Günther, 1862, 1862. 鑑定者: Eigenmann, Carl H, 1903