Considéré comme synonyme junior de Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862)
- Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. pp. 1-431 (crc00282)
Décrit initialement sous Heros goeldii:
ZooBank:F7F1132D-AF30-4389-9E1B-3A26381D28C2.
- Boulenger, George Albert. 1897. "On a collection of fishes from the island of Marajo, Brazil". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Series 6) v. 20 (n. 117): pp. 294-299 (crc01653)