Heroini

Heroini is a fish tribe from the Cichlasomatinae subfamily in the family Cichlidae. All cichlids native to the Greater Antilles, United States, Mexico and northern Central America are members of this tribe. It also includes most cichlid species in southern Central America and several species from South America. A large percentage of its species were formerly placed in the genus Cichlasoma but have since been moved to other genera.
In other classifications, the tribe Heroini is placed in the subfamily Cichlinae.

Genera

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

Genera of disputed validity

Kihnichthys – Considered by Říčan & Piálek and Azas to be a junior synonym of Cincelichthys.
Nosferatu – Considered by Říčan & Piálek and FishBase to be an invalid synonym of Herichthys.