Species that contain: Cichla and ocellaris [ 6 ] records

kelberi, Cichla Kullander [S. O.] & Ferreira [E. J. G.] 2006:324, Figs. 28-32 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 28883] Tucurui, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 92397. Paratypes: (52) at NRM and MZUSP. Plus non-type specimens. •Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Willis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 37399], Sabaj et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37398]). •Valid as Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira 2006 -- (Reiss et al. 2012:64 [ref. 31910], Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267], Reis et al. 2020:472 [ref. 38364], Brandão et al. 2022:203 [ref. 40464], Koerber et al. 2022:70 [ref. 39235], Çiçek et al. 2023:465 [ref. 40601], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727], Çiçek et al. 2024:328 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira 2006. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Araguaia River and lower Tocantins River drainages (Brazil). Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

monoculus, Cychla Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1831:100, Pl. 63 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Brazilian seas. Syntypes or possible holotype: ?MHNN 2188 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:150 [ref. 21784]. Type information: Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. As Cichla monoculus on plate. Type of status of MHNN doubtful -- see Kullander & Ferreira 2006:321, 324 [ref. 28883]. •Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Willis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 37399], Sabaj et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37398]). •Valid as Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz 1831 -- (Kullander 1986:51 [ref. 12439], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:51 [ref. 12439], Keith et al. 2000:162 [ref. 24547], Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:72 [ref. 27968] with author as Spix, Lasso et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25928], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061], Staeck 2005:5 [ref. 28482], Kullander & Ferreira 2006:319 [ref. 28883], Reiss et al. 2012:61 [ref. 31910], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], DoNascimiento 2016:541 [ref. 34727], Melo et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34701], Melo et al. 2016:377 [ref. 35317], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:96 [ref. 35633], Ng et al. 2019:536 [ref. 36606], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298], Chan et al. 2023:143 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz 1831. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and Oyapock River basin, northeastern Brazil: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru and ?Venezuela. Introduced in Malaysia and Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

nigromaculata, Cychla Jardine [W.] & Schomburgk [R. H.] in Schomburgk 1843:147, Pl. 7 [The natural history of fishes of Guiana.--Part II; ref. 3948] Rio Negro and Padauiri. No types known. Originally nigro-maculata, correction mandatory. Schomburgk prepared the drawings, and he should be included as an author. •Synonym of Cichla monoculus Spix & Agassiz 1831 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Willis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 37399], Sabaj et al. 2020:70 [ref. 37398]). •Valid as Cichla nigromaculata Jardine & Schomburgk 1843 -- (Kullander & Ferreira 2006:315 [ref. 28883] with author of nigromaculata as Jardine, Silvano et al. 2020:341 [ref. 38134]). Current status: Valid as Cichla nigromaculata Jardine & Schomburgk 1843. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: upper Orinoco and Casiquiare tributaries and the middle Negro River (Brazil and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

ocellaris, Cichla Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:340, Pl. 66 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Indian Ocean [actual is Suriname, South America]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2839. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:63 [ref. 24282], Paepke & Schindler 2013:266 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Kullander & Nijssen 1989:7 [ref. 14136], Page & Burr 1991:330 [ref. 18983], Fuller et al. 1999:416 [ref. 25838], Keith et al. 2000:164 [ref. 24547], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:419 [ref. 28379], Staeck 2005:4 [ref. 28482], Kullander & Ferreira 2006:301 [ref. 28883] with author as Schneider, Scharpf 2009:4 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:608 [ref. 31215], Willis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 37399], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:59 [ref. 33341], DoNascimiento 2016:536 [ref. 34727], Robins et al. 2018:311 [ref. 35886], Robins et al. 2018:370 [ref. 35886], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Sabaj et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37398], Silvano et al. 2020:335 [ref. 38134], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Northern South America: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. Introduced elsewhere, including Florida and Puerto Rico (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pleiozona, Cichla Kullander [S. O.] & Ferreira [E. J. G.] 2006:330, Figs. 33-36 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 28883] Rio Alegre, tributary to Rio Guaporé, about 30 kilometers from Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 92398. Paratypes: (21) at INPA, MZUSP, and NRM. Plus non-type specimens. •Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Willis et al. 2012:18 [ref. 37399], Sabaj et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37398]). •Valid as Cichla pleiozona Kullander & Ferreira 2006 -- (Sarmiento et al. 2014:126, 189 [ref. 35004], Careaga et al. 2020:77 [ref. 37774]). Current status: Valid as Cichla pleiozona Kullander & Ferreira 2006. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon basin and Guaporé river drainages (Bolivia and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

speciosus, Acharnes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:622 [Reisen in Britisch-Guiana; ref. 3072] Essequibo River, Guyana. No types known. •Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Kullander & Nijssen 1989:7 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:621 [ref. 27061], Kullander & Ferreira 2006:301 [ref. 28883]). Current status: Synonym of Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.