maculicauda, Cichlosoma Regan [C. T.] 1905:227 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 16 (nos 91-94); ref. 3622] Lake Izabal [Yzabal], Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.56-69 (4). Additional material: BMNH 1865.4.29.75 (1) Rio Montagua, (8) Rio Chagres. The name maculicauda is apparently a noun. Original genus should have been Cichlasoma. •Valid as Cichlasoma maculicauda Regan 1905 -- (Villa 1982:195 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:227 [ref. 22927], Conkel 1993:144 [ref. 22949], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:198 [ref. 22947]). •Valid as Paraneetroplus maculicauda (Regan 1905) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111], Paepke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33351]). •Valid as Vieja maculicauda (Regan 1905) -- (Kullander & Hartel 1997:195 [ref. 22732], Bussing 1998:380 [ref. 24179], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:646 [ref. 27061], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Matamoros et al. 2009:22 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:1005 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2015:216 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34357], Moral-Flores et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36020], Angulo 2021:16 [ref. 38913], Ardón et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39256], Angulo et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235]). Current status: Valid as Vieja maculicauda (Regan 1905). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Central America: Atlantic slope (southern Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.