Original description as Crenicichla tigrina:
ZooBank:63C61869-2941-4ADD-8159-22CBA664B79E.
- Ploeg, Alex & M. Jegu & E. Ferreira. 1991. "Crenicichla tigrina, une nouvelle espèce de Cichlidae (Pisces, Perciformes) du Rio Trombetas, Pará, Brésil". Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. v. 13 (n. 1): pp. 1-11 (crc01644)
Conservation: Crenicichla tigrina is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.