Considéré comme synonyme junior de Herichthys deppii (Heckel, 1840)
- Paepke, Hans-Joachin & R. Morgenstern, I. Schindler. 2014. "Cichlid fishes (Teleostei, Cichlidae) collected by Ferdinand Deppe in Mexico". Vertebrate Zoology. 64(1):43 – 57 (crc06184) (résumé)
Décrit initialement sous Herichthys geddesi:
ZooBank:C45A21CE-CC4F-4A23-A674-34B4FDA6F67C.
- Regan, Charles Tate. 1905. "A revision of the fishes of the American cichlid genus Cichlosoma and of the allied genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]16:60-77:225-243:316-340:433-445 (crc00042)