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Species in the genus Laetacara: [ 9 ] records

araguaiae, Laetacara Ottoni [F. P.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2009:43, Figs. 1, 2a, 5 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 59 (no. 1); ref. 30198] Buriti palm near rio Verde, 32 kilometers north of São Miguel do Araguaia, rio Araguaia basin, Estado de Goiás, Brazil. Holotype: UFRJ 7557. Paratypes: UFRJ 1447 (8), 1477 (14 + 1 c&s), 7522 (4 c&s), 7530 (3); MCP 42589 (2) •Valid as Laetacara araguaiae Ottoni & Costa 2009 -- (Ottoni et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Staeck 2017:257 [ref. 35639], Ottoni 2018:49 [ref. 35872], Reis et al. 2020:473 [ref. 38364], Koerber et al. 2022:74 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara araguaiae Ottoni & Costa 2009. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon basin and upper Paraná River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

curviceps, Acara Ahl [E.] 1923:44, Fig. 5 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 19933] Amazon River, Brazil. Holotype: ZMB 31324. Paratypes: (7) ZMB 32398-400 (3, 2, 1). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:95 [ref. 21847]. Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:260 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Laetacara curviceps (Ahl 1923) -- (Keith et al. 2000:224 [ref. 24547] as cf. curviceps, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:638 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2003:158 [ref. 27488] dating to 1924, Staeck & Schindler 2007:64 [ref. 29233], Ottoni & Costa 2009:42 [ref. 30198], Ottoni et al. 2009:124 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Staeck 2017:258 [ref. 35639], Ottoni 2018:51 [ref. 35872]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara curviceps (Ahl 1923). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Lower Amazon River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

dorsiger, Acara Heckel [J. J.] 1840:348 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Cáceres (formerly Villa María), Río Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 33669. As Acara dorsigera in Günther 1862:280 [ref. 1969] and in current literature. •Valid as Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:638 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27366], Staeck 2003:158 [ref. 27488], Casciotta et al. 2003:157 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:88 [ref. 28131], Staeck & Schindler 2007:63 [ref. 29233], Ottoni & Costa 2009:42 [ref. 30198], Ottoni et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:56 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561], Koerber 2016:142 [ref. 35012], Vera-Alcaraz et al. 2017:7 [ref. 35082], Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267], Staeck 2017:260 [ref. 35639], Ottoni 2018:52 [ref. 35872], Dickens 2019:169 [ref. 37135], Careaga et al. 2020:77 [ref. 37774], Hablützel & Huanto 2020:56 [ref. 37939], Reis et al. 2020:473 [ref. 38364]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay River, Paraná River and upper Madeira River basins (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.

flamannellus, Laetacara Ottoni [F. P.], Bragança [P. H. N.], Amorim [P. F.] & Gama [C. S.] 2012:183, Figs. 1a-b [Vertebrate Zoology v. 62 (no. 2); ref. 32046] Lago Curiaú, following the road AP-70 to Santo Antônio da Pedreira, Macapá municipality, 0°00'54"N, 51°02'26"W, Amapá state, Brazil. Holotype: UFRJ 8060. Paratypes: many at IEPA, MNRJ, UFRJ. •Valid as Laetacara flamannellus Ottoni, Bragança, Amorim & Gama 2012 -- (Melo et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34701], Staeck 2017:263 [ref. 35639], Ottoni 2018:54 [ref. 35872]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara flamannellus Ottoni, Bragança, Amorim & Gama 2012. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Coastal river basins, Amapá state and border area with French Guiana, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

flavescens, Aequidens Cope [E. D.] in Eigenmann 1910:472 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America v. 3 (pt 4); ref. 1224] Supposedly a Cope species, but the reference to Regan 1905:343 [ref. 3623] lists flavilabris and frenifera. •In the synonymy of Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870). Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870). Cichlidae: Cichlinae.

flavilabris, Acara Cope [E. D.] 1870:570 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11; ref. 914] Near Pebas, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 9156. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:58 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Aequidens flavilabris (Cope 1870) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:42 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708]). •Valid as Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870) -- (Kullander 1986:328 [ref. 12439], Staeck 2003:159 [ref. 27488], Staeck & Schindler 2007:63 [ref. 29233], Ottoni & Costa 2009:42 [ref. 30198], Ottoni et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Staeck 2017:264 [ref. 35639], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35633], Ottoni 2018:55 [ref. 35872], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: upper tributaries of the Solimões river drainage, western Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

freniferus, Acara Cope [E. D.] 1872:255 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 9157. Paralectotypes: ANSP 9158-64 (7), 9165-76 (12), 9177-78 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:58 [ref. 13621] with ANSP 9157 as holotype. Lectotype selected in Kullander 1986:334 [ref. 12439]. •Synonym of Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870) -- (Kullander 1986:328 [ref. 12439], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:638 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2003:159 [ref. 27488], Ottoni 2018:55 [ref. 35872]). Current status: Synonym of Laetacara flavilabris (Cope 1870). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

fulvipinnis, Laetacara Staeck [W.] & Schindler [I.] 2007:64, Figs. 1, 3-6 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 57 (no. 1); ref. 29233] Lagoon at the village of Arigua, 1°50'13"N, 67°02'29"W, a few kilometers south of San Carlos de río Negro, Venezuela. Holotype: MTD F 30607. Paratypes: MTD F 30608-09 (2), 30610-11 (2); ZMB 32028 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:270 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Laetacara fulvipinnis Staeck & Schindler 2007 -- (Ottoni & Costa 2009:42 [ref. 30198], Ottoni et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Staeck 2017:266 [ref. 35639], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35633], Ottoni 2018:56 [ref. 35872]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara fulvipinnis Staeck & Schindler 2007. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Upper-middle drainages of the Orinoco River and Negro River, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

thayeri, Acara Steindachner [F.] 1875:68 [8], Pl. 1 (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 71 (1. Abth.); ref. 4220] Codajas, Lake Hyanuary at Manaus, Lake Maximo at Alemquer. Syntypes: (many) NMW 33723 (3), 33726-38 (13), 33739-45 (8, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 33746 (?), 33752 (1). On p. 8 of separate. •Valid as Aequidens thayeri (Steindachner 1875) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708]). •Valid as Laetacara thayeri (Steindachner 1875) -- (Kullander 1986:324 [ref. 12439], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:638 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2003:161 [ref. 27488], Staeck & Schindler 2007:64 [ref. 29233], Ottoni & Costa 2009:42 [ref. 30198], Ottoni et al. 2009:123 [ref. 30600], Ottoni et al. 2012:187 [ref. 32046], Staeck 2017:267 [ref. 35639], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35633], Ottoni 2018:57 [ref. 35872], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Laetacara thayeri (Steindachner 1875). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Widely distributed in the Amazon River basin: Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.