Original description as Crenicichla lenticulata:
ZooBank:E8F7656E-06B5-49BC-8D8F-431F09194CE7.
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007)
Synonyms (1):
- Crenicichla ornata Regan, 1905, with type locality at Rio Negro. Determiner: Ploeg, 1991
Conservation: Crenicichla lenticulata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.