polysticta, Crenicichla Hensel [R.] 1870:58 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 36 (pt. 1); ref. 18277] Rio Cadea in rain forest at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 7461. Paralectotypes: (3) lost. Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:267 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Crenicichla polysticta Hensel 1870 -- (Ploeg 1991:121 [ref. 20196]). •Synonym of Crenicichla punctata Hensel 1870 -- (Malabarba 1989:165 [ref. 14217], Lucena & Azevedo 1989:89 [ref. 16140], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Kullander & Lucena 2006:142 [ref. 28747], Mattos et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33306], Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla punctata Hensel 1870. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.