最初描述为 Australoheros ricani:
- de Lucena, Carlos Alberto Santos & Sven Kullander, Michael Norén, Bárbara Calegari. 2022. "Conjectures and refutations: Species diversity and phylogeny of Australoheros from coastal rivers of southern South America (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Plos One. 17(12):e0261027. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261027 (crc12133) (摘要)
保育: Australoheros ricani 未被国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育进行评估.