Crenicichla scottii is a species of cichlid native to South America.

It is found in the middle and lower parts of the Uruguay River drainage in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

This species reaches a length of 16.9 cm (6.7 in).

[1] The fish is named in honor of vertebrate paleontologist William Berryman Scott (1858-1947) of Princeton University, who collected the type specimen.

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