Crenicichla yaha Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez 2006

Diagnosed from other congeners by the following combination of characters: posterior border of preopercle serrated; scales in E1 row 48-51; isognathous jaws or slightly prognathous upper jaw; suborbital stripe present; flanks with five or six dark rectangular blotches just below the upper lateral line along dorsal-fin base; and vertical stripes absent (Ref. 75970).

Dorsal spines (total): 20 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 35