Original description as Heros efasciatus:
ZooBank:F7EEB214-A3B5-48BF-B7AF-A65F23B3A72E.
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007)
Synonyms (1):
- Chromys fasciata Castelnau, 1855, with type locality at Araguay, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
- Cichlasoma severum perpunctatum de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918, with type locality at Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
Conservation: Heros efasciatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.