Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander, 1983

Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia, Frota, Augusto, Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz, Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto, Bailly, Dayani, Gubiani, Éder André & Júnio da Graça, Weferson, 2018, Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil, Check List 14 (2), pp. 363-378 : 373

Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander, 1983

Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander 1983: 241 , Fig. 1 [original description]— Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 203; Bifi et al. 2017: 4, Fig. 2.29.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5Y.

Deep body; terminal mouth; premaxilla with 2 or 3 and dentary with 3 or 4 teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 14–17 pored scales, lower lateral line with 5–8 pored scales and longitudinal series with 22–23 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral with 2½–4 and below lower lateral line with 5–7 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XIII–XV, 10–15, pectoral fin with 12–13, pelvic fin with I,6 and anal fin with III, 8–10 total rays ( Kullander 1983). Ground color iridescent green; dark brown transversal bars; dark-brown rounded blotch, slightly below upper lateral line; dark brown blotch on superior portion of caudal peduncle.