最初命名為 Heros intermedius:
ZooBank:962DB805-BB81-41CC-88F2-7C21388CB548.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4; i-xxi + 1-534 (ffm00035)
同種異名 (1):
- Heros angulifer Günther, 1862, 其模式產地在 Río de Santa Isabel, Guatemala. 鑑定者: Allgayer, 1989
保育: Chuco intermedium 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (LC) 無危 (2019). Given the very large range of Chuco intermedium and the relative stability of many of the locales where it dwells, there is currently little concern about the future of this species.