Original description:
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. 1-431 (crc00282)
Type species: Heros temporalis Günther, 1862 (original designation).
Described species included (9):
valid: 2 synonym: 7- Heros coryphaenoides Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Heros niger Heckel, 1840 (synonym)
- Centrarchus niger Jardine, 1843 (synonym)
- Heros temporalis Günther, 1862 (valid)
- Acara (Heros) crassa Steindachner, 1875 (synonym)
- Heros goeldii Boulenger, 1897 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma arnoldi Ahl, 1936 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma hellabrunni Ladiges, 1942 (synonym)
- Chuco axelrodi Fernández-Yépez, 1972 (synonym)