trimaculatus, Heros Günther [A.] 1867:602 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 3); ref. 1984] Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.256. Paralectotypes: ZMB 6822 (3), ? BMNH 1864.1.26.1854-55 (3?). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:270 [ref. 32895]. Described in more detail in Günther 1868:461, Pl. 76 [ref. 1994]. Lectotype selected by Regan 1905:334 [ref. 3622] and locality if Chiapam (R. Morgenstern, 8/30/2014). •Valid as Parapetenia trimaculata (Günther 1867) -- (Hernandez-Rolon 1990:12 [ref. 20688]). •Valid as Cichlasoma trimaculatum (Günther 1867) -- (Conkel 1993:132 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:71 [ref. 22290], Fuller et al. 1999:428 [ref. 25838], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:625 [ref. 27061] as incertae sedis in 'Cichlasoma', Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2009:6 [ref. 30400], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as "Cichlasoma" trimaculatum (Günther 1867) -- (Miller 2006:368 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:21 [ref. 31241], McMahan et al. 2013:451 [ref. 32422]). •Valid as Amphilophus trimaculatus (Günther 1867) -- (Burgess 2000:54 [ref. 24818], Říčan et al. 2016:37 [ref. 34357], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:294 [ref. 36544], Chakraborty et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37437], Barraza et al. 2022:210 [ref. 40101], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:236 [ref. 39506]). Current status: Valid as Amphilophus trimaculatus (Günther 1867). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America and Central America: Pacific slope rivers of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Introduced in India. Habitat: freshwater.