Erstbeschreibung: Musilová, Zuzana & Oldrich Rican & J. Novak. 2009. „Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of a new genus“. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. v. 47 (3): pp. 234–247
Typusart: Acara latifrons STEINDACHNER, 1878
Beheimatet in: Kolumbien, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela
Beschriebene Arten:
Andinoacara biseriatus REGAN, 1913
Andinoacara blombergi WIJKMARK et al., 2012
Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus KNER, 1863
Andinoacara latifrons STEINDACHNER, 1878
Andinoacara pulcher GILL, 1858 (im Arterhaltungsprogramm der DCG)
Andinoacara rivulatus GÜNTHER, 1860
Andinoacara sapayensis REGAN, 1903
Andinoacara stalsbergi MUSILOVÁ, SCHINDLER & STAECK, 2009