Descrizione originale:
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 325-471 (crc00007)
Specie tipo: Crenicichla macrophthalma Heckel, 1840 (subsequent designation).
Sinonimi:
- Batrachops Heckel, 1840. Determinatore: Kullander, Sven, 1986
- Boggiania Perugia, 1897. Determinatore: Kullander, Sven, 1986
Elenco delle specie descritte (60):
valid: 47 synonym: 13- Batrachops semifasciatus Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Crenicichla vittata Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Crenicichla macrophthalma Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Batrachops reticulatus Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Cycla lacustris Castelnau, 1855 (valid)
- Crenicichla punctata Hensel, 1870 (valid)
- Crenicichla polysticta Hensel, 1870 (synonym)
- Crenicichla cyanonotus Cope, 1871 (valid)
- Crenicichla elegans Steindachner, 1881 (synonym)
- Acharnes niederleinii Holmberg, 1891 (valid)
- Acharnes chacoensis Holmberg, 1891 (synonym)
- Boggiania ocellata Perugia, 1897 (synonym)
- Crenicichla geayi Pellegrin, 1903 (valid)
- Batrachops punctulatus Regan, 1905 (synonym)
- Batrachops scottii Eingenmann, 1907 (valid)
- Crenicichla cametana Steindachner, 1911 (valid)
- Crenicichla dorsocellata Haseman, 1911 (synonym)
- Crenicichla iguassuensis Haseman, 1911 (valid)
- Crenicichla jaguarensis Haseman, 1911 (valid)
- Crenicichla santaremensis Haseman , 1911 (synonym)
- Crenicichla simoni Haseman, 1911 (synonym)
- Crenicichla mucuryna von Ihering, 1914 (valid)
- Crenicichla biocellata von Ihering, 1914 (synonym)
- Crenicichla (Batrachops) multidens Steindachner , 1915 (synonym)
- Labrus amarus Larrañaga, 1923 (synonym)
- Crenicichla lacustris var. semifasciata Devincenzi, 1939 (synonym)
- Crenicichla jupiaensis Britski & Luengo, 1968 (valid)
- Crenicichla haroldoi Luengo & Britski, 1974 (valid)
- Crenicichla cyclostoma Ploeg, 1986 (valid)
- Crenicichla jegui Ploeg, 1986 (valid)
- Crenicichla sedentaria Kullander, 1986 (valid)
- Crenicichla astroblepa Ploeg, 1986 (synonym)
- Crenicichla celidochilus Casciotta, 1987 (valid)
- Crenicichla stocki Ploeg, 1991 (valid)
- Crenicichla missioneira Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla gaucho Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla igara Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla jurubi Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla minuano Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla prenda Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla tendybaguassu Lucena & Kullander, 1992 (valid)
- Crenicichla tingui Kullander & Lucena, 2006 (valid)
- Crenicichla iguapina Kullander & Lucena, 2006 (valid)
- Crenicichla maculata Kullander & Lucena, 2006 (valid)
- Crenicichla yaha Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006 (valid)
- Crenicichla hadrostigma Lucena, 2007 (valid)
- Crenicichla empheres Lucena, 2007 (valid)
- Crenicichla zebrina Montaña, López-Hernández & Taphorn, 2008 (valid)
- Crenicichla tesay Casciotta & Almirón, 2009 (valid)
- Crenicichla mandelburgeri Kullander, 2009 (valid)
- Crenicichla hu Pialek, Říčan, Casiotta & Almiron, 2010 (valid)
- Crenicichla ypo Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek, Gómez & Rícan, 2010 (valid)
- Crenicichla gillmorlisi Kullander & Lucena, 2013 (valid)
- Crenicichla taikyra Casciotta, Almirón, Aichino, Gómez, Piálek & Rícan, 2013 (valid)
- Crenicichla lucenai Mattos, Schindler, Ottoni & Cheffe, 2014 (valid)
- Crenicichla tuca Piálek, Dragová, Casciotta, Almirón & O. Říčan, 2015 (valid)
- Crenicichla tapii Piálek, Dragová, Casciotta, Almirón & Říčan, 2015 (valid)
- Crenicichla yjhui Piálek, Casciotta, Almirón & Říčan, 2018 (valid)
- Crenicichla ama Říčan, Piálek, Almirón, & Casciotta, 2023 (valid)
- Crenicichla aravera Říčan, Piálek, Almirón, & Casciotta, 2023 (valid)
Specie probabilmente non descritta (1):
- sp. 'belly crawler' (undescribed)
Gruppo di specie:
- Crenicichla (Batrachops) (Varella et al., 2023)
- Crenicichla (Crenicichla) (Varella et al., 2023)
- Crenicichla (Lacustria) (Varella et al., 2023)
sp. 'belly crawler', semifasciata, reticulata, cyanonotus, geayi, cametana, cyclostoma, jegui, sedentaria, stocki,
vittata, lacustris, punctata, scottii, iguassuensis, jaguarensis, mucuryna, jupiaensis, haroldoi, celidochilus, missioneira, gaucho, igara, jurubi, minuano, prenda, tendybaguassu, tingui, iguapina, maculata, yaha, hadrostigma, empheres, zebrina, tesay, mandelburgeri, hu, ypo, gillmorlisi, taikyra, lucenai, tuca, tapii, yjhui, ama, aravera.