Gattungsbeschreibung: Musilová, Zuzana & Oldrich Rican & J. Novak. 2009. „Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of a new genus“. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. v. 47 (3): pp. 234–247
Typusart: Acara latifrons STEINDACHNER, 1878
Beheimatet in: Kolumbien, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela
Beschriebene Arten:
Andinoacara biseriatus (REGAN, 1913)
Andinoacara blombergi WIJKMARK, KULLANDER & BARRIGA SALAZAR, 2012
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (KNER, 1863)
Andinoacara latifrons (STEINDACHNER, 1878)
Andinoacara pulcher (GILL, 1858) (im Arterhaltungsprogramm der DCG)
Andinoacara rivulatus (GÜNTHER, 1860)
Andinoacara sapayensis (REGAN, 1903)
Andinoacara stalsbergi MUSILOVÁ, SCHINDLER & STAECK, 2009