H. nicaraguensis:

BMNH 1867.9.23.37 (holotype, dig.), Nicaragua, Lake Nicaragua; FMNH 5995 (10, 6 dig.), Nicaragua, Lake Managua; FMNH 5996 (12, XR), UMMZ 181826 (2, 1 skel.), Nicaragua, Jiloá; UMMZ 199639 (8, 1 C&S, 4 dig.), Nicaragua, 6 km E of Waspam, Rio Putkrukira, tributary of Rio Coco. [ Cichlasoma spilotum ^ZBK: UMMZ 188994 (3), Costa Rica, Victoria; Heros balteatus ^ZBK: BMNH 1905.3.27.3 (cotype), Nicaragua, Lake Nicaragua .]