最初命名為 Theraps irregularis:
ZooBank:4275019C-EA7A-4699-BC95-5E04A2508BF1.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum London. 4:i-xxi + 1-534 (crc00035)
同種異名 (1):
- Theraps belone Allgayer, 1989, 其模式產地在 La Culebra sur le Río Chocolja, Chiapas, Mexico. 鑑定者: Kullander, 2003
保育: Theraps irregularis 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 (2018).