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Species in the genus Cichlasoma: [ 17 ] records

amazonarum, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:115, Pls. 5 (figs. 2-3), 6-7 [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Little upstreams of Pebas, Sacarita del Tuyé, right bank tributary of the River Ampiyacu, Loreto, Peru. Holotype: NRM 39271. Paratypes: [There are discrepancies between published numbers and museum records.] Deposited at ANSP, BMNH 1983.11.18.12-17 (6), FMNH, IRSNB, MCZ, MHNG, MNHN, MPM, MZUSP, NMW, NRM, USNM, ZFMK and ZMA. Type catalog: Busse 1984:221 [ref. 28342], Walschaerts 1987:30-31 [ref. 20755], Provenzano et al. 1998:5-6 [ref. 24196], Herder et al. 2010:129 [ref. 31087]. •Valid as Cichlasoma amazonarum Kullander 1983 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:335 [ref. 12439], Keith et al. 2000:214 [ref. 24547], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:621 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:335 [ref. 31675], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745] as cf. amazonarum, Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma amazonarum Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Widespread in South America: Brazil, ?Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.

araguaiense, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:252, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] River Araguaia system, small igarapé tributary to Igarapé Sangadina, 1 kilometer from Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: BMNH 1980.1.9.1. Paratypes: (unclear about type status) BMNH 1980.1.9.2-7 (1 ea.); MNHN A-9522 (1); MZUSP 13928 (1), uncat. (4); USNM 266798-99 (1, 2). •Valid as Cichlasoma araguaiense Kullander 1983 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:621 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:335 [ref. 31675]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma araguaiense Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Amazon River basin in Tocantins and upper Xingu River basins, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

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], Carvalho-Filho 2023:197 [ref. 40480]). 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.

boliviense, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:165, Pl. 8 (figs. 2-3) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Río Urugaita, River Guaporé basin, tributary of Río Quizer, 13 kilometers south of San Xavier, Dept. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Holotype: IRSNB 677. Paratypes: (unclear about type status) ANSP 84095 (1); BMNH 1927.10.4.57-60 (4); FMNH 71881 (2); IRSNB 678-685 (3, 2, 4, 9, 58, 5, 3, 1); MZUSP [ex IRSNB 680] (2), [ex IRSNB 681] (4), [ex IRSNB 682] (27), [ex IRSNB 683] (2); NRM 39265 [ex IRSNB 683] (4 not 2), USNM 86790 (10), 86796 (5), uncat. (5); ZFMK 2199 (1), 2212-13 (2), 2219-21 (3) 2275-82 (8), 2299 (1), 2305-10 (6), 13461-65 (4, 1). Type catalog: Busse 1984:222 [ref. 28342], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367], Walschaerts 1987:31 [ref. 20755], Herder et al. 2010:130 [ref. 31087]. •Valid as Cichlasoma boliviense Kullander 1983 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:338 [ref. 12439], Lasso et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25928], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:335 [ref. 31675], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma boliviense Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Amazon River basin and Madre de Dios drainage and Mamoré River basin: Bolivia and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.

centralis, Heros Holmberg [E. L.] 1891:183 [Revista Argentina de Historia Natural (Buenos Aires) v. 1; ref. 2192] Santiago de l'Estero Province, Argentina. No types known. •Synonym of Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander 1983:193 [ref. 8319] with question, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061] with question, Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:56 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267], Hablützel & Huanto 2020:52 [ref. 37939] with question). Current status: Synonym of Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

dimerus, Acara Heckel [J. J.] 1840:351 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Rio Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype: NMW 33620. •Valid as Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander 1983:193 [ref. 8319], Gómez & Chebez 1996:65 [ref. 23791], Britski et al. 1999:151 [ref. 24147], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:158 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:87 [ref. 28131], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:56 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565] with author as Heckel 1840, Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35679], Dickens 2019:169 [ref. 37135], Hablützel & Huanto 2020:52 [ref. 37939], Reis et al. 2020:472 [ref. 38364], Loureiro et al. 2023:159 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Paraná and Paraguay River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay). 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.

marginatus, Acara Heckel [J. J.] 1840:350 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 33673. •Synonym of Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander 1983:193 [ref. 8319], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:622 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:33 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:56 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267], Hablützel & Huanto 2020:52 [ref. 37939]). Current status: Synonym of Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

orientale, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:177, Pls. 9, 10 (fig. 1) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Pentecoste, reservoir, Rio Curu system, Ceará, Brazil. Holotype: USNM 258642. Paratypes: many at ANSP; MCZ; NRM 23570 (10), 39281 (2); USNM. •Valid as Cichlasoma orientale Kullander 1983 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336, 341 [ref. 31675], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], Melo et al. 2016:377 [ref. 35317], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Koerber et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma orientale Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Atlantic coast rivers (northeastern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

orinocense, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:106, Pls. 4 (figs. 2-3), 5 (fig. 1) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Laguna Mozambique, shoreline on northern side of lake, Río Meta system, Meta, Colombia. Holotype: ANSP 127364. Paratypes: ANSP 127364 (15, with holotype), 127397 (9 not 11); FMNH 84008 (3); IAvH-P 10561 (2) [ex ANSP 127397]; ?NRM 39282 (1). Additional non-types at ANSP, CAS, NMW, NRM. Type catalog: DoNascimiento et al. 2016:427 [ref. 34787]. •Valid as Cichlasoma orinocense Kullander 1983 -- (Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:78 [ref. 27968], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma orinocense Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

paranaense, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:241, Pl. 13 [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Upper River Paraná system, Tres Lagoas, on left bank of Rio Sucuriú, at Fazenda Santa Luzia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 13927. Paratypes: FMNH; MZUSP; NRM 39262 (1), 39277 (10), 39279 (2), 39283 (4), 39284 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:26 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander 1983 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Reis et al. 2020:472 [ref. 38364], Brandão et al. 2022:205 [ref. 40464]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Paraná River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

portalegrensis, Acara Hensel [R.] 1870:52 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 36 (pt. 1); ref. 18277] Porto Alegre, Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 25107 [now ZMB 31061]. Paralectotypes: ZMB 7451 (1), 7452 (1), 34503 (2), 31062-67 (6). Lectotype established by Kullander 1983:211, 219 [ref. 8319]. Not treated by Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:609 [ref. 27061]. Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:260 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Aequidens portalegrensis (Hensel 1870) -- (Fernández & Butí 1996:255 [ref. 22775]). •Valid as Cichlasoma portalegrense (Hensel 1870) -- (Kullander 1983:209 [ref. 8319], Malabarba 1989:163 [ref. 14217], Burgess 2000:44 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Koerber & Litz 2014:6 [ref. 34967], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Koerber & Litz 2016:7 [ref. 35098], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565] as cf. portalegrenis and author as Hensel 1870, Koerber et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37480], Koerber et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38894], Koerber et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40355], Loureiro et al. 2023:159 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma portalegrense (Hensel 1870). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Laguna dos Patos system and coastal basins (southern Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.

pusillum, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:221, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Puerto Palma, Río Alto Paraná system, Alto Paraná, Paraguay. Holotype: MHNG 2131.94. Paratypes: (unclear about type status) deposited at BMNH 1957.12.5.5-6 (2), FMNH, MHNG. Type catalog: Weber 1998:13 [ref. 32707]. •Valid as Cichlasoma pusillum Kullander 1983 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Bertaco et al. 2016:425 [ref. 34561], Koerber et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma pusillum Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Upper rio Paraná and rio Uruguay drainages, Paraguay. Habitat: freshwater.

sanctifranciscense, Cichlasoma Kullander [S. O.] 1983:227, Pl. 12 (figs. 2-3) [A revision of the South American cichlid genus Cichlasoma; ref. 8319] Lagoa Viana, Rio São Francisco system, Bahia, Brazil. Holotype: NMW 32714. Paratypes: (unclear about type status) ANSP 84127 (1); MZUSP 2577-78 (7, 6), 13933 (3), uncat. (1, 2, 5, 2); NMW 32715-20 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 33552 (11), 33555-57 (7, 5, 4), 33574-76 (1, 11, 8), 33580-88 (9, 3, 1, 3, 2, 4, 9, 5, 1), 33591 (4), 33719 (2), 76429 (12). •Valid as Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense Kullander 1983 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:624 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], Vita et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37506], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Koerber et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39235], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense Kullander 1983. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Minas Gerais, Bahia and Maranhão (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

taenia, Chromis Bennett [E. T.] 1831:112 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16791] Near Trinidad Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.123 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Valid as Cichlasoma taenia (Bennett 1831) -- (Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:80 [ref. 27968], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:625 [ref. 27061], Ottoni 2011:336 [ref. 31675], Phillip et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32896], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma taenia (Bennett 1831). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Trinidad Island and adjacent Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

zarskei, Cichlasoma Ottoni [F. P.] 2011:337, Figs. 1-4 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 61 (no. 3); ref. 31675] Lagoa Malhada Grande, at the southern end of the road in the village of Arari-Açu, Arari municipality, Rio Mearim drainage, Maranhão state, Brazil, 03°38'46"S, 44°46'01"W. [Lago Mahada Grande, rio Maranhão basin, Maranhão state, Brazil.] Holotype: MNRJ 37576. Paratypes: MCP 45751 (4); MNRJ 14502 (56, 3 c&s), 14504 (77, 3 c&s). Type locality corrected by Koerber & Buckup 2019:222 [ref. 37076]. •Valid as Cichlasoma zarskei Ottoni 2011 -- (Koerber & Buckup 2019:219 [ref. 37076], Koerber et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759]). Current status: Valid as Cichlasoma zarskei Ottoni 2011. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Rio Mearim basin (Maranhão, northern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.