最初命名為 Cichlasoma zaliosum:
ZooBank:A74A4058-7D0C-42FB-9A46-EFA44725EF17.
- Barlow, George W. & J. W. Munsey. 1976. "The red devil-midas-arrow cichlid species complex in Nicaragua". Investigations of the ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes. pp. 363-369 (crc00011) (摘要)
保育: Amphilophus zaliosus 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (CR) 瀕臨絕種(極危) (2019).