Original description as Heros gibbiceps:
ZooBank:F6B71202-1BF4-49F1-970A-579B7F8D714C.
- Steindachner, Franz. 1864. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's". Denkschriften der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. v. 23 (n. 2); 57-74 (crc00248)
Synonyms (1):
- Cichlasoma teapae Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902, with type locality at Río Teapa at Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. Determiner: Stawikowski et al., 1987
Conservation: Paraneetroplus gibbiceps is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.