Original description as Crenicichla prenda:
ZooBank:C3AAA6A6-010B-439D-9F8C-6AAFB5E0E24B.
- 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 prenda is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2009).