Original description as Crenicichla mucuryna:
ZooBank:FD31E169-FF24-42D1-A7FA-F780A76E7D58.
- Ihering, R. von. 1914. "Duas especies novas de Peixes da Fam. Cichlidae". Revista do Museo Paulista. v. 9; pp. 333-337 (crc01042)
Conservation: Crenicichla mucuryna is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.