Original description as Heros temporalis:
ZooBank:99ABE3BC-3E9B-4A3B-BCAC-F0AF64374167.
- 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)
Synonyms (1):
- Acara (Heros) crassa Steindachner, 1875, with type locality at Amazon at Tefé, Tocantins, Cudajas, Coary, Villa Bella, Obidos, Hyanuary Lake, Saraca Lake, Rio Hyuatay, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 1986
- Heros goeldii Boulenger, 1897, with type locality at Upper Cunani River, south of Oyapok River, French Guiana. Determiner: Kullander, 1986
- Cichlasoma hellabrunni Ladiges, 1942, with type locality at Guyana. Determiner: Kullander, 1986
Conservation: Hypselecara temporalis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.