bifasciatus, Heros Steindachner [F.] 1864:60 [4], Pl. 2 [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 23 (no. 2); ref. 13936] Mexico. Holotype (unique): NMW 74138. On p. 4 of separate. •Valid as Cichlasoma bifasciatum (Steindachner 1864) -- (Conkel 1993:137 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:66 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Paraneetroplus bifasciatus (Steindachner 1864) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111] as bifasciata, Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Paepke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33351]). •Valid as Vieja bifasciata (Steindachner 1864) -- (Burgess 2000:50 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:645 [ref. 27061], Miller 2006:380 [ref. 28615], McMahan 2015:216 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34357], Gómez-González et al. 2018:387 [ref. 35762], Moral-Flores et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36020], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:242 [ref. 39506], González-Díaz et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39182], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235], Chan et al. 2023:147 [ref. 40365], Page et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:7 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Vieja bifasciata (Steindachner 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America and Central America: Atlantic Slope (southern Mexico and northern Guatemala). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). IUCN (2019): Data Deficient. Habitat: freshwater.