Cichla orinocensis Humboldt, 1821

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 176

Cichla orinocensis Humboldt , in Humboldt & Valenciennes

( Fig. 84 , SA[SPC])

References. Ng & Lim, 1997a (as Cichla cf. monoculus ); Ng & Lim, 1997b (as Cichla ocellaris ); Baker & Lim, 2008, 2012; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010; Yeo & Chia, 2010; Kwik et al., 2013; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2013; Tan, 2013b, 2014d, 2014g; Ho et al., 2016.

Distribution. Lower Peirce Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1997a; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Bedok Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Jurong Lake ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Kranji Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Upper Seletar Reservoir ( Tan, 2013b, 2014d); Lower Seletar Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); MacRitchie Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Pandan Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Woodlands Town Park pond ( Kwik et al., 2013); Punggol Reservoir (Ng HH & Tan HH, 2013); Serangoon Reservoir (Ng HH & Tan HH, 2013); Banir ( Tan, 2014g; Ho et al., 2016); Marina Reservoir (near Marina Bay Sands; Wozniak S, pers. obs., October 2016); Bishan Park (unpublished data).

Remarks. Juvenile individuals were recently obtained from a stream feeding into Lower Seletar Reservoir ( Tan, 2014g), while adults were observed to be breeding in Upper Seletar Reservoir ( Tan, 2013b); this is indicative that this species has established in Singapore.

Figures

Fig. 84. Cichla orinocensis, 217.5 mm SL, Pandan Reservoir.