Parachromis managuensis ( Günther 1867: 602 )

Angulo, Arturo, Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz, Rojas, Emmanuel & Ley-López, Juan Manuel, 2017, Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica, Check List 13 (5), pp. 683-702 : 696

(26) Parachromis managuensis ( Günther 1867: 602) ; Jaguar guapote (En), Guapote pinto (Sp)

Figure 7B

Body elongate, greatest body depth smaller than head length; predorsal profile of head usually straight or slight- ly curved, snout usually pointed; mouth terminal, relatively large, usually ca 30–40% of head length; maxillary extending to below eye; lower jaw usually in advance of upper jaw; teeth enlarged, caniniform; posterior edge of the opercle with a conspicuous lobe at its lower angle; total gill rakers 14 or 15; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; longitudinal scales 32–36; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; caudal fin truncate; coloration grayish brown, brownish golden, golden green, or grayish purple, darker, usually moss green, dorsally, and paler, usually gray, ventrally, with a characteristic black spotted pattern on the body and fins, a lateral band dark band (which is formed by a series of irregular black or dark brown squares) and a dark oblique band between eye and lower opercle; iris usually reddish; fins usually brownish gray maximum body length ca 220 mm SL.