Herichthys Baird [S. F.] & Girard [C. F.] 1854:25 Masc. Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard 1854. Type by monotypy. With restriction of Cichlasoma and Heros, Burgess & Walls 1993 [ref. 20876] suggest using Herichthys for the remaining species formerly placed in Cichlasoma. •Synonym of Cichlasoma Swainson 1839 -- (authors). •Valid as Herichthys Baird & Girard 1854 -- (Burgess 2000:46 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:634 [ref. 27061], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Říĉan et al. 2008:952 [ref. 31419], Scharpf 2009:6 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:264 [ref. 31114], De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano 2013:101 [ref. 32982], Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], Paepke et al. 2014:46, 55 [ref. 33351], Mejía et al. 2015:61 [ref. 33860], McMahan et al. 2015:219 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:40 [ref. 34357], Pérez-Miranda et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35682], Pérez-Miranda et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37473]). Current status: Valid as Herichthys Baird & Girard 1854. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.