Heroini

In other classifications, the tribe Heroini is placed in the subfamily Cichlinae.

Genera

As of 2024, this tribe includes 46 valid genera and approximately 184 species:

• Amatitlania (Schmitter-Soto, 2007)
• Amphilophus (Agassiz, 1859)
• Archocentrus (Gill, 1877)
• Astatheros (Pellegrin, 1904)
• Australoheros (Říčan & Kullander, 2006)
• Caquetaia (Fowler, 1945)
• Chiapaheros (McMahan & Piller, 2015)
• Chocoheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)
• Chortiheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)
• Chuco (Fernández-Yépez, 1969)
• Cincelichthys (McMahan & Piller, 2015)
• Cribroheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)
• Cryptoheros (Allgayer, 2001)
• Darienheros (Říčan & Novák, 2016)
• Herichthys (Baird & Girard, 1854)
• Heroina (Kullander, 1996)
• Heros (Heckel, 1840)
• Herotilapia (Pellegrin, 1904)
• Hoplarchus (Kaup, 1860)
• Hypselecara (Kullander, 1986)
• Hypsophrys (Agassiz, 1859)
• Isthmoheros (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
• Kronoheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)
• Maskaheros (McMahan & Piller, 2015)
• Mayaheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)
• Mesoheros (McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015)
• Mesonauta (Günther, 1867)
• Nandopsis (Gill, 1862)
• Neetroplus (Günther, 1867)
• Oscura (McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015)
• Panamius (Schmitter-Soto, 2007)
• Parachromis (Agassiz, 1859)
• Paraneetroplus (Regan, 1905)
• Petenia (Günther, 1862)
• Pterophyllum (Heckel, 1840)
• Rheoheros (McMahan & Matamoros, 2015)
• Rocio (Schmitter-Soto, 2007)
• Symphysodon (Heckel, 1840)
• Talamancaheros (Říčan & Novák, 2016)
• Theraps (Günther, 1862)
• Thorichthys (Meek, 1904)
• Tomocichla (Regan, 1908)
• Trichromis (McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015)
• Uaru (Heckel, 1840)
• Vieja (Fernández-Yépez, 1969)
• Wajpamheros (Říčan & Piálek, 2016)

Genera of disputed validity

• Kihnichthys (McMahan & Matamoros, 2015) – Considered by Říčan & Piálek (2016) and Azas (2020) to be a junior synonym of Cincelichthys.
• Nosferatu (De la Maza-Benignos et. al, 2015) – Considered by Říčan & Piálek (2016) and FishBase to be an invalid synonym of Herichthys.