Descrizione originale:
- Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo. 2007. "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species". Zootaxa. 1603:1-78 (crc01457) (riassunto)
Specie tipo: Heros octofasciatus Regan, 1903 (original designation).
Elenco delle specie descritte (6):
valid: 3 synonym: 3- Heros (Cichlasoma) spinosissimus Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902 (valid)
- Heros octofasciatus Regan, 1903 (valid)
- Cichlasoma hedricki Meek, 1904 (synonym)
- Cichlasoma biocellatum Regan, 1909 (synonym)
- Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007 (synonym)
- Rocio ocotal Schmitter-Soto , 2007 (valid)