Original description as Crenicichla mandelburgeri:
- Kullander, Sven. 2009. "Crenicichla mandelburgeri, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Paraná river drainage in Paraguay". Zootaxa. (no. 2006); pp. 41-50 (crc01711)
Conservation: Crenicichla mandelburgeri is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.