最初命名為 Heros motaguensis:
ZooBank:CA218E29-38AC-49B3-9E57-F33C091E14DF.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1867. "On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866:600-604 (crc00014)
保育: Parachromis motaguensis 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2019).