Thorichthys Meek [S. E.] 1904:222 Masc. Thorichthys ellioti Meek 1904. Type by original designation. As a group of Cichlasoma species (Miller & Taylor 1984:933 [ref. 6809]). •Synonym of Cichlasoma Swainson 1839 -- (authors). •Valid as Thorichthys Meek 1904 -- (Burgess 2000:54 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:644 [ref. 27061], Chakrabarty 2007:21 [ref. 29359], Říĉan et al. 2008:952 [ref. 31419], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:268 [ref. 31116], Allgayer 2010:28 [ref. 31541], McMahan et al. 2015:227 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:39 [ref. 34357], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35275]). Current status: Valid as Thorichthys Meek 1904. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.