Original description as Crenicichla virgatula:
ZooBank:13BAC551-B77E-488E-90BC-0EA297D508DA.
- Ploeg, Alex. 1991. "Revision of the South American cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840, with description of fifteen new species and consideration on species groups, phylogeny and biogeography (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae).". Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp. 1-153 (crc01043)
Conservation: Crenicichla virgatula is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.