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.