Original description as Crenicichla cametana:
ZooBank:9F370FF8-9738-4E9E-B2F5-B26DB288C396.
- Steindachner, Franz. 1911. "Über einige neue und seltene südamerikanische Süsswasserfische". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. v. 48(n. 17), pp. 369-376 (crc01173)
Synonyms (1):
- Crenicichla astroblepa Ploeg, 1986, with type locality at Tucurui, below dam, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
Conservation: Crenicichla cametana is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.