FB-62988 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62988 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Cichla Cichla melaniae Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 2006-12-13 2016-11-16 Kullander, S.O. and E.J.G. Ferreira0 A review of the South American cichlid genus <i>Cichla</i>, with descriptions of nine new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(4):289-398. (Ref. 57716) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62996 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-12-19 00:00:00 2006-12-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62996 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: Most similar to its congeners, pinima, temensis, thyrorus, and vazzoleri in having distinct rows of light spots along the side, and presence of large ocellated blotches replacing vertical bars in adults. It is unique by absence or extreme reduction of squamation of dorsal fin. Scales in E1 row 100-108 (vs. 77-90 in C. thyrorus). Similar only to C. pinima in having an ocellated black spot just below soft dorsal fin. Only breeding male known has three blotches ocellated by white dots representing bars 1 and 2, it is similar to thyrorus, but different from pinima, temensis, and vazzoleri in which bars below upper lateral line typically entire and dorsal ocellar markings frequent only in vazzoleri. Dorsal fin count modally XV 16 (shared with vazzoleri vs. XV 17 in other species of Cichla) and vertebral count modally 18 + 16 = 34 (vs. 18 + 17 = 35, 18 + 18 = 36 or 19 + 17 = 36 in other species) (Ref. 57716). Kullander, S.O. and E.J.G. Ferreira 2006 A review of the South American cichlid genus <i>Cichla</i>, with descriptions of nine new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(4):289-398. (Ref. 57716) FB-Distribution-62996 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-12-14 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62996 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat South America: Brazil. Kullander, S.O. and E.J.G. Ferreira 2006 A review of the South American cichlid genus <i>Cichla</i>, with descriptions of nine new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(4):289-398. (Ref. 57716) FB-Size-62996 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-12-14 00:00:00 2007-07-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62996 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 34.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57716)) Kullander, S.O. and E.J.G. Ferreira 2006 A review of the South American cichlid genus <i>Cichla</i>, with descriptions of nine new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(4):289-398. (Ref. 57716) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-62996 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-12-14 00:00:00 2007-07-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62996 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater