Species that contain: Cichlasoma and centrarchus [ 2 ] records

centrarchus, Heros Gill [T. N.] in Gill & Bransford 1877:185 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 29; ref. 1714] Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. Holotype (unique): USNM 16878. Holotype evidently is at the USNM, not BMNH 1905.3.27.2 as given in the Cat. of Fish. in 1998. •Valid as Cichlasoma centrarchus (Gill 1877) -- (Villa 1982:189 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:193 [ref. 22927], Conkel 1993:97 [ref. 22949]). •Valid as Archocentrus centrarchus (Gill 1877) -- (Kullander & Hartel 1997:195 [ref. 22732], Bussing 1998:336 [ref. 24179], Burgess 2000:52 [ref. 24818], Allgayer 2001:13 [ref. 26904], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:616 [ref. 27061], Schmitter-Soto 2007:10 [ref. 29310], Schmitter-Soto 2007:43 [ref. 29317], Matamoros et al. 2009:20 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:1004 [ref. 33194], Říčan et al. 2016:36 [ref. 34357], Angulo et al. 2023:50 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Archocentrus centrarchus (Gill 1877). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. Habitat: freshwater.

tetracanthus, Centrarchus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:460 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Havana, Cuba. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:114 [ref. 12478]. Based on a drawing. •Valid as Cichlasoma tetracanthus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Lee et al. 1983:65 [ref. 22527], Conkel 1993:131 [ref. 22949]). •Valid as Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Burgess 2000:48 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:639 [ref. 27061], Chakrabarty 2006:11 [ref. 28471], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Říčan et al. 2016:30 [ref. 34357]). Current status: Valid as Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes 1831). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Cuba. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.