Considéré comme synonyme junior de Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903)
- Artigas Azas, Juan Miguel. 2018. "Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007, a subjective junior synonym of R. octofasciata". Cichlid News Magazine. 27(1):22-27 (ffm08356)
Décrit initialement sous Rocio gemmata:
- Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo. 2007. "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species". Zootaxa. 1603:1-78 (ffm01457)