Original description as Heros dovii:
ZooBank:5721E016-69DD-4254-BDE1-D226492249B3.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864, pp. 144-154 (crc00137)
Conservation: Parachromis dovii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.