Author: (Regan, 1905)
Remark: The generic allocation of this species is still uncertain. It belongs to the tribe Heroini, but is maintained as an incertae sedis species of <i>Cichlasoma</i> pending a revision of heroin cichlids traditionally assigned to the cichlasomatin genus <i>Cichlasoma</i>.
Comments: The stomachs of the type material contained broken shells of snails.  Oviparous (Ref. 205).