Original description as Crenicichla igara:
ZooBank:3DD9A771-3954-489D-B488-964DA1A80257.
- Lucena, Carlos & S. Kullander. 1992. "The Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguai River drainage in Brazil". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 3(n. 2), pp 97-160 (crc00073) (abstract)
Conservation: Crenicichla igara is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.