Species that contain: Cichlasoma and bimaculatum [ 4 ] records

bimaculatus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:285 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] [In Mediterraneo] (erroneous, is Brazil). Holotype (unique): NRM 7 from Brazil. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:253-254 [ref. 20707]. Opinion 1954 in June 2000 established that bimaculatus is the type species of Cichlasoma and bimaculatus is a species of cichlid fishes. On the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology. •Valid as Labrus bimaculatus (Linnaeus 1758) in Labridae (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:426 [ref. 7204], Lee et al. 1980:764 [ref. 22416], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:927 [ref. 13676], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:875 [ref. 19219], Porteiro et al. 1996:30 [ref. 23330], Santos et al. 1997:96 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:95 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:44 [ref. 24101]). •Synonym of Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:111 [ref. 26753]). •Valid as Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:253 [ref. 20707], Kullander 1983:65 [ref. 8319], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:131 [ref. 14136], Page & Burr 1991:332 [ref. 18983], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612] as bimaculatus, Fuller et al. 1999:419 [ref. 25838], Keith et al. 2000:216 [ref. 24547], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2009:5 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:611 [ref. 31215], Ottoni 2011:335 [ref. 31675], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35679], Robins et al. 2018:372 [ref. 35886], Taphorn et al. 2022:32 [ref. 41297], Carvalho-Filho 2023:197 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Established in Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

filamentosus, Sparus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:60 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Suriname. No types known. •Synonym of Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 1983:65 [ref. 8319], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:131 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

gronovii, Acara Heckel [J. J.] 1840:361 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Rivers in Suriname. Syntypes: NMW 33651-52 (1, 1). Based on literature sources. •Synonym of Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 1983:65 [ref. 8319], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:131 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

punctatus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:285 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Suriname. Lectotype: NRM 4. Based on two sources: the Gronovius specimen from Suriname is a cichlid, the NHRM specimen is the same as Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel 1849 (see Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:252-253 [ref. 20707]); it was designated lectotype by Kullander 1983:84 [ref. 8319]. A petition to the ICZN to suppress Labrus punctatus to conserve Polycentrus schomburgkii was submitted to the ICZN (see Paepke 1993 [ref. 20914]) and Cases 2880 and 2905. Long recognized as valid, but threatened by Labrus puncatatus Linnaeus 1758 as shown by Paepke 1993 [ref. 20914]. Opinion 1954 in June 2000 removed that threat, and P. schomburgkii is to be given precedence over the name Labrus punctatus whenever the two names are considered synonyms. •Synonym (in part) of Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 1983:65 [ref. 8319]). •Valid as Polycentrus punctatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Keith et al. 2000:144 [ref. 24547]). •Synonym of Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (Britz & Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:603 [ref. 27061], Coutinho & Wosiacki 2014:747 [ref. 33630]). Current status: Synonym of Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel 1849. Polycentridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.