zonatum, Cichlasoma Meek [S. E.] 1905:245 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 18; ref. 10932] Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Holotype: FMNH 3776. Paratypes: FMNH 3777 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:26 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Cichlasoma zonatum Meek 1905 -- (Conkel 1993:151 [ref. 22949], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Paraneetroplus zonatus (Meek 1905) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111] as zonata, Paepke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33351]). •Valid as Vieja zonata (Meek 1905) -- (Burgess 2000:50 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:646 [ref. 27061], Miller 2006:386 [ref. 28615], Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359], Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708], McMahan et al. 2015:216 [ref. 33920], Říčan et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34357], Gómez-González et al. 2018:387 [ref. 35762], Moral-Flores et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36020], McMahan et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36816], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:242 [ref. 39506], Chan et al. 2023:148 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Vieja zonata (Meek 1905). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Pacific and Atlantic slopes of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Mexico). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.