Original description as Crenicichla rosemariae:
ZooBank:D0C4769A-C78C-4D8E-8A29-967E60BE3CA8.
- Kullander, Sven. 1997. "Crenicichla rosemariae, a new species of pike cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the upper Rio Xingu drainage, Brazil". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 7; pp. 279-281. (crc01349)
Conservation: Crenicichla rosemariae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.