Species that contain: Crenicichla and reticulata [ 3 ] records

elegans, Crenicichla Steindachner [F.] 1881:15 [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 44 (in 1882); ref. 14299] Peru. Syntypes: NMW 32835 (2). Type catalog: Kullander 1986:355 [ref. 12439]. Species not listed in earlier abstract [ref. 20484]. •Synonym of Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander 1986:92 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:103 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

punctulatus, Batrachops Regan [C. T.] 1905:156, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905, v. 1 (pt 2) (art. 1) (for 7 Mar. 1905); ref. 12256] Essequibo River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.21.24. •Synonym of Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840) -- (Ploeg 1991:103 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Synonym of Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

reticulatus, Batrachops Heckel [J. J.] 1840:433, Pl. 30 (figs. 17-20) [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Manaus, Brazil. Lectotype: NMW 35783. Type catalog: Kullander 1986:94 [ref. 12439]. Kullander lists a holotype, but Ploeg 1991:104 [ref. 20196] claims that the original description indicated more than one specimen; he designated the only specimen found at NMW as lectotype. •Valid as Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:92 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:103 [ref. 20196], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:630 [ref. 27061], Casciotta et al. 2013:384 [ref. 32938], Mattos et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33306], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:97 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298] as reticulatus, Varella et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Valid as Crenicichla reticulata (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and Essequibo River basin (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.