Parachromis loisellei ( Bussing 1989: 153 )

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

(25) Parachromis loisellei ( Bussing 1989: 153) ; Loiselle’s cichlid (En), Guapote Amarillo (Sp)

Figure 7A

Body elongate, greatest body depth equal to or greater than head length; predorsal profile of head usu- ally straight or slightly 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 opercle almost straight; total gill rakers 9–13; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; longitudinal scales 27–31; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; caudal fin trun- cate; general coloration grayish brown, brownish golden or yellowish brown, darker, usually grayish brown with or without golden iridescence, dorsally, presenting the most intense colors below lateral band dark band (which is formed by a series of irregular black or dark brown squares); there is another dark oblique band between eye and lower opercle; fins gray brown; males distinguished by having black spots on median fins and a reticulate pat- tern on body; maximum body length ca 185 mm SL.