Original description as Crenicichla hemera:
ZooBank:98F9E0B6-8710-4F54-86D6-3420C92A293A.
- Kullander, Sven. 1990. "Crenicichla hemera (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new cichlid species from the Rio Aripuanã drainage, Mato Grosso, Brazil". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 1 (n. 3): pp. 213-218 (crc01639)
Synonyms (1):
- Crenicichla guentheri Ploeg, 1991, with type locality at Rio Aripuana, Rio Madeira system, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Determiner: Kullander, 2003
Conservation: Crenicichla hemera is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.