Species that contain: Crenicichla and lacustris [ 5 ] records

biocellata, Crenicichla Ihering [R. von] 1914:333 [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 9; ref. 14157] Rio Doce, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Holotype: DZSASP [now MZUSP] (not found). Paratypes: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 1781 (1). Type catalog: Britski 1969:210 [ref. 12401]. •Synonym of Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855) -- (Ploeg 1991:115 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:628 [ref. 27061], Kullander & Lucena 2006:131 [ref. 28747], Varella et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dorsocellata, Crenicichla Haseman [J. D.] 1911:355, Pl. 63 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (nos 3-4) (18); ref. 12510] Rio Parahyba at Campos, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54155 [ex CM 2721]. Paratypes: FMNH 54156 [ex CM 2722] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:95 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:28 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855) -- (Ploeg 1991:115 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:628 [ref. 27061], Kullander & Lucena 2006:131 [ref. 28747], Varella et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lacustris, Cycla Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:19, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Bahia [probably in error for near Rio de Janeiro], Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-9501 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:208 [ref. 20868]. See Kullander & de Lucena 2006:134 [ref. 28747] for remarks on the type locality. •Valid as Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855) -- (Lucena & Azevedo 1989 [ref. 16140], Ploeg 1991:115 [ref. 20196], Gómez & Chebez 1996:66 [ref. 23791], López et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:87 [ref. 28131], Kullander & Lucena 2006:131 [ref. 28747], Casciotta & Almirón 2009:656 [ref. 30041], Kullander 2009:49 [ref. 30051], Kullander & Lucena 2013:154 [ref. 32675], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Mattos et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33306], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Varella et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Valid as Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Atlantic coastal drainages, Brazil and Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

punctata, Crenicichla Hensel [R.] 1870:57 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 36 (pt. 1); ref. 18277] Rio Guaíba, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 7459. Paralectotypes: ZMB 7460 (1), 31561-62 (4, 3). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:268 [ref. 32895]. Lectotype selected by Lucena & Azevedo 1989:90 [ref. 16140] as 7459 -- the 149-mm specimen. •Synonym of Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau 1855) -- (Ploeg 1991:115 [ref. 20196]). •Valid as Crenicichla punctata Hensel 1870 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], 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], Casciotta & Almirón 2009:656 [ref. 30041], Kullander 2009:49 [ref. 30051], Serra et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31355], Kullander & Lucena 2013:154 [ref. 32675], Mattos et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33306], Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565], Giora & Wingert 2023:114 [ref. 41026], Loureiro et al. 2023:149 [ref. 40506], Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Valid as Crenicichla punctata Hensel 1870. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Laguna dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim basins (southeastern Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.

semifasciata, Crenicichla lacustris var. Devincenzi [G. J.] 1939:34, Fig. 11 (no. 3) [Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo (Serie 2) v. 4 (no. 13); ref. 1121] Río Uruguay at Paysandú, Uruguay. No types known. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Crenicichla by Batrachops semifasciata Heckel 1840. •Synonym of Crenicichla scottii (Eigenmann 1907) -- (Lucena & Kullander 1992:131 [ref. 20004], Piálek et al. 2010:34 [ref. 30903], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:57 [ref. 35117], Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla scottii (Eigenmann 1907). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.