最初命名為 Crenicichla ploegi:
ZooBank:C738814D-4A42-45D5-92A9-E541068E67FA.
- Varella, Henrique Rosa & M.V. Loeb, F.C.T. Lima, S.O. Kullander. 2018. "Crenicichla ploegi, a new species of pike-cichlid of the C. saxatilis group from the Rio Juruena and upper Rio Paraguai basins in Brazil, with an updated diagnosis and biogeographical comments on the group (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa. v. 4377(n. 3), pp. 361–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.3.3 (crc08403) (摘要)
保育: Crenicichla ploegi 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.