Original description as Batrachops scottii:
ZooBank:57C1F697-6296-4064-857B-4C5E780F6C73.
- Eigenmann, Carl H. 1907. "On a collection of fishes from Buenos Aires". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8; p. 454 (crc00019)
Synonyms (2):
- Crenicichla (Batrachops) multidens Steindachner , 1915, with type locality at Rio de La Plata, Argentina. Determiner: Ploeg, 1989
- Labrus amarus Larrañaga, 1923, with type locality at Uruguay. Determiner: Lucena et al., 1992
- Crenicichla lacustris var. semifasciata Devincenzi, 1939, with type locality at Río Uruguay at Paysandú, Uruguay. Determiner: Lucena et al., 1992
Conservation: Crenicichla scottii is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.