Uznawany jako synonim Saxatilia alta (Eigenmann, 1912)
- Ploeg, Alex. 1991. "Revision of the South American cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840, with description of fifteen new species and consideration on species groups, phylogeny and biogeography (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae)". Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1-153 (crc01043)
Oryginalny opis jako Crenicichla pterogramma:
ZooBank:51D927F9-9CCB-454B-9A32-157790783123.
- Fowler, Henry W. 1914. "Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 66:229-284 (crc01206)