Original description as Crenicichla adspersa:
ZooBank:56441C76-9A9C-43F0-A60A-B6052227FD44.
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007)
Synonyms (1):
- Crenicichla funebris Heckel, 1840, with type locality at Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Determiner: Ploeg, 1991
Conservation: Crenicichla adspersa is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.