abalios, Geophagus López-Fernández [H.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2004:6, Figs. 2b, 3-5 [Zootaxa No. 439; ref. 27573] Laguna Larga, 6.5339°N, 67.4150°W, Río Cinaruco, Apure, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 47600. Paratypes: AMNH 93052 (2), 233634 [ex MCNG 44865] (1); MCNG 30939 (3), 33723 (3), 35035 (1), 40878 (1), 41124 (2), 47601 (2), 47602 [ex MCNG 6278] (1). •Valid as Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn 2004 -- (Staeck & Schindler 2006:74 [ref. 28755], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:98 [ref. 35633], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:272 [ref. 40783], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:457 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn 2004. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Venezuela and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.