Cichla, Bloch, Schneider, 1801

Ota, Renata Rúbia, Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Graça, Weferson Júnio da & Pavanelli, Carla Simone, 2018, Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated, Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2), pp. 1-111 : 93

Cichla

1. Flank with three or four dark-grey transverse bars; longitudinal series with 70 to 85 scales ................. C. kelberi

1’. Flank with six or more dark-grey transverse bars; longitudinal series with 89 to 98 scales ................. C. piquiti