最初命名為 Crenicichla tingui:
- Kullander, Sven & Lucena, Carlos A. Santos de. 2006. "A review of the species of Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Atlantic coastal rivers of southeastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul States, with descriptions of three new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. v. 4; (2 April/June 2006); pp. 127-146 (crc01286)
保育: Crenicichla tingui 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.