Original description as Cychla labrina:
ZooBank:DDCE039E-9A75-442F-B575-B428676A1F2F.
- Spix, J. B. Von & L. Agassiz. 1829. "Selecta Genera et Species Piscium quos in itinere per Brasilian annis 1817-1820". Selecta Piscium Brasiliam. Part 1; i-xvi + i-ii + 1-82; Pls. 1-48 (crc00289)
Conservation: Crenicichla labrina is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.