Species that contain: Crenicichla and proteus [ 4 ] records

argynnis, Crenicichla proteus var. Cope [E. D.] 1872:253 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Syntypes: ANSP 9059 (1), 14375 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:56 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Crenicichla proteus Cope 1872 -- (Kullander 1986:107 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:51 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Varella et al. 2018:363 [ref. 35777]). •Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872) -- (Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nemopterus, Batrachops Fowler [H. W.] 1940:283, Fig. 64 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 91 (for 1939); ref. 1432] Contamana, Río Ucayali basin, Peru. Holotype: ANSP 68684. Paratypes: ANSP 68685-87 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:58 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Crenicichla proteus Cope 1872 -- (Kullander 1986:107 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:51 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Varella et al. 2018:363 [ref. 35777]). •Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872) -- (Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nijsseni, Crenicichla Ploeg [A.] 1991:47, Fig. 41 [South American Crenicichla; ref. 20196] Açude Carlos Simao, Rio Branco, Rio Japurá system, Acre, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 40163. Paratypes: INPA 2899 (17); MZUSP 38532 (4); ZMA 120352 (1), 120400 (6). •Synonym of Crenicichla proteus Cope 1872 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Varella et al. 2018:384 [ref. 35777]). •Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872) -- (Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

proteus, Crenicichla Cope [E. D.] 1872:252 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 9050. Paralectotypes: ANSP 9051-58 (8). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:59 [ref. 13621] but "paratypes ANSP 9060-9061 (2)" are not paratypes based on Art. 72(b)(i). Cope distinguished 3 varieties but named only one of them. Kullander 1986:110 [ref. 12439] selected ANSP 9050 as lectotype. •Valid as Crenicichla proteus Cope 1872 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:107 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:51 [ref. 20196], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[25] [ref. 35679], Varella et al. 2018:384 [ref. 35777], Bogotá-Gregory et al. 2020:1404 [ref. 37878], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). •Valid as Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872) -- (Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Valid as Saxatilia proteus (Cope 1872). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.