Original description as Cichlasoma cutteri:
ZooBank:AA1787B8-6C57-46B3-B745-27ED2F0BC0D8.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1932. "Notes on fresh water fishes from Central America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (84):.379-385 (crc00207)
Conservation: Cryptoheros cutteri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.