最初命名為 Crenicichla alta:
ZooBank:C1651EB2-A297-4E5D-8248-F0E3FFF855BA.
- Eigenmann, Carl H. 1912. "The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. v. 5; n. 1; i-xxii + pp. 1-578 (crc00216) (摘要)
同種異名 (2):
- Crenicichla pterogramma Fowler, 1914, 其模式產地在 Rupununi River, Guyana. 鑑定者: Ploeg, 1991
- Crenicichla cardiostigma Ploeg, 1991, 其模式產地在 Brazil. 鑑定者: Kullander, 2003
保育: Crenicichla alta 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.