Herotilapia Pellegrin [J.] 1904:(165) 247 Fem. Heros multispinosus Günther 1867. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Heterotilapia by Regan in Zoological Record for 1904. •Synonym of Archocentrus Gill & Bransford 1877 -- (Burgess 2000:52 [ref. 24818], Schmitter-Soto 2007:10 [ref. 29137], Schmitter-Soto 2007:43 [ref. 29317]). •Valid as Herotilapia Pellegrin 1904 -- (Allgayer 2001:13 [ref. 26904], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:540 [ref. 29996], Říĉan et al. 2008:952 [ref. 31419], Dunz & Schliewen 2013:78 [ref. 32672], McMahan et al. 2015:230 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:30 [ref. 34357]). Current status: Valid as Herotilapia Pellegrin 1904. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.