Crenicichla Heckel [J. J.] 1840:416 Fem. Crenicichla macrophthalma Heckel 1840. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Eigenmann & Bray 1894:620 [ref. 1248]. •Valid as Crenicichla Heckel 1840 -- (Casciotta 1987 [ref. 6772], Kullander 1986:82 [ref. 12439], Kullander 1988 [ref. 6232], Malabarba 1989:164 [ref. 14217], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:207 [ref. 14136], Kullander 1990 [ref. 13601], Kullander 1990 [ref. 16011], Ploeg 1991:1 [ref. 20196], Lucena & Kullander 1992:97 [ref. 20004], Kullander 1997:279 [ref. 22746], Kullander 1998:494 [ref. 23855], Farias et al. 1998:502 [ref. 23856], Britski et al. 1999:146 [ref. 24147], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:626 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2003:133 [ref. 27488], Kullander & Lucena 2006:127 [ref. 28747], Casciotta et al. 2006:107 [ref. 28986], Casciotta et al. 2007:1 [ref. 29372], Lucena 2007:449 [ref. 29467], Montaña et al. 2008:33 [ref. 29783], Kullander 2009:41 [ref. 30051], Kullander et al. 2009:248 [ref. 31178], Piálek et al. 2010:33 [ref. 30903], Casciotta et al. 2010:643 [ref. 30975], Serra et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31355], Varella 2011:8 [ref. 37216], Varella et al. 2012:233 [ref. 32030], Kullander & Lucena 2013:149 [ref. 32675], Casciotta et al. 2013:379 [ref. 32938], Mattos et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33306], Kullander & Varella 2015:512 [ref. 33921], Ito & Rapp Py-Daniel 2015:478 [ref. 33978], Piálek et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33984], Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Říčan et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35070], Varella et al. 2018:361 [ref. 35777], Varella & Ito 2018:1 [ref. 35884], Piálek et al. 2019:377 [ref. 36110], Steinhäuser 2019:229 [ref. 36998], Varella et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40273], Říčan et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40289]). Current status: Valid as Crenicichla Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae.