Original description as Crenicichla sipaliwini:
ZooBank:371DA8CE-DF57-4696-BE09-2B396F3EDA47.
- Ploeg, Alex. 1987. "Review of the cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from Surinam, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae)". Beaufortia. v. 37; n. 5; pp. 73-98 (crc01175)
Conservation: Crenicichla sipaliwini is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.