Gattungsbeschreibung: McMahan, Caleb D & W.A. Matamoros, K.R. Piller & P. Chakrabarty. 2015. „Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera“. Zootaxa. v. 3999(n. 2), pp. 211-234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3
Typusart: Heros festae BOULENGER, 1899
Beschriebene Arten:
Mesoheros atromaculatus (REGAN, 1912)
Mesoheros festae (BOULENGER, 1899)
Mesoheros gephyrus (EIGENMANN, 1922)
Mesoheros ornatus (REGAN, 1905)