Original description:
- 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. 66(1):1 – 102 (crc07292) (abstract)
Type species: Heros rostratus Gill, 1877 (original designation).
Described species included (12):
valid: 8 synonym: 4- Heros altifrons Kner, 1863 (valid)
- Heros longimanus Günther, 1867 (valid)
- Heros rostratus Gill, 1877 (valid)
- Cichlosoma robertsoni Regan, 1905 (valid)
- Cichlasoma alfari Meek, 1907 (valid)
- Cichlasoma acutum Miller, 1907 (synonym)
- Cichlosoma lethrinus Regan, 1908 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma bouchellei Fowler, 1923 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma popenoei Carr & Giovannoli, 1950 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma diquis Bussing, 1974 (valid)
- Cichlasoma rhytisma López, 1983 (valid)
- Amphilophus bussingi Loiselle, 1997 (valid)