最初命名為 Heros liberifer:
ZooBank:0C9FD6D8-157E-4E50-AD95-9E838FABA59A.
- Staeck, Wolfgang & I. Schindler. 2015. "Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840". Bulletin of Fish Biology. v. 15(n. 1-2), pp. 121-136 (crc06878) (摘要)
保育: Heros liberifer 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.