Considered a synonym of Herichthys pantostictus (Taylor & Miller, 1983)
- Pérez-Miranda, Fabian & Omar Mejia, Benjamín López, Oldrich Rican. 2020. "Molecular clocks, biogeography and species diversity in Herichthys with evaluation of the role of Punta del Morro as a vicariant brake along the Mexican Transition Zone in the context of local and global time frame of cichlid diversification". PeerJ. 8:e8818. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8818 (crc09699) (abstract)
Original description as Herichthys molango:
ZooBank:ED8349B3-519F-4DE0-9690-66F9FFC233CD.
- de la Maza Benignos, Mauricio & M.L. Lozano-Vilano. 2013. "Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus". Zootaxa. 3734(2):101–129 (crc05760) (abstract)