最初描述为 Cichlasoma ornatum gephyrum:
ZooBank:16BFA389-1F0B-47F3-871A-E6B93E2ACC13.
- Eigenmann, Carl H. 1922. "The fishes of western South America, Part I. The fresh-water fishes of northwestern South America, including Colombia, Panama, and the Pacific slopes of Ecuador and Peru, together with an appendix upon the fishes of the Rio Meta in Colombia". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. vol. 9 (n. 1): pp. 1-346 (crc00283)
分类历史:
- Cichlasoma ornatum gephyrum, Eigenmann, 1922:205, 最初的组合
- Nandopsis gephyrum, Burgess, 2000, 新的组合
- Mesoheros gephyrus, Říčan et al., 2016:28, 新的组合
标本产地: Río Dagua, Cordoba, Colombia.
保育: Mesoheros gephyrus 由国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）在濒危物种红色名录中为自然保育而进行了评估 evaluated (EN) 濒危（Endangered） (2016).
参考文献 (3):
- Burgess, Warren. 2000. "The Cichlasoma story. Herichthys, the break-up". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. v. 48(n. 11); pp. 44-54 (crc01003)
- Eigenmann, Carl H. 1922. "The fishes of western South America, Part I. The fresh-water fishes of northwestern South America, including Colombia, Panama, and the Pacific slopes of Ecuador and Peru, together with an appendix upon the fishes of the Rio Meta in Colombia". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. vol. 9 (n. 1): pp. 1-346 (crc00283)
- Říčan, Oldřich & L. Piálek, K. Dragová & J. Novák. 2016. "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. v. 66(n. 1), pp. 1 – 102 (crc07292) (摘要)