Nominal species Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "XVII. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". The Cenotes of Yucatán, a Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. (457) pp. 157-287 (crc00250)
Original description as Cichlasoma urophthalmus cienagae:
ZooBank:B1B80D95-B283-4B33-9122-D660B19CDF81.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "XVII. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". The Cenotes of Yucatán, a Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. (457) pp. 157-287 (crc00250)
Conservation: Mayaheros urophthalmus cienagae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.