Original description as Heros deppii:
ZooBank:4BEE9CFC-EA3C-407F-BC0B-AAE0D0ACCC79.
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007)
Synonyms (2):
- Heros montezuma Heckel, 1840, with type locality at Mexico. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
- Herichthys geddesi Regan, 1905, with type locality at Southern Mexico. Determiner: Paepke et al., 2014
Conservation: Herichthys deppii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.