| Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlinae |
| 52 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| South America: Brazil. |
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Diagnosis: Unique in having a color pattern, which includes dark lateral band alongside in young, and three blackish ocellated blotches along middle of side from at least 90 mm SL; adults retain portions of lateral band as black irregular stripes connecting ocellar blotches and continuing on caudal peduncle. It is similar only to C. orinocensis in
possessing three lateral ocelli; different in having a horizontal band which is absent in orinocensis; there are 3 indistinct vertical bars in young and adults (vs. five or more vertical bars in C. intermedia, C. nigromaculata, and C. piquiti); lateral scales 72-80 and line is discontinuous (vs. continuous in intermedia, ocellaris, temensis, thyrorus) (Ref. 57716). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Type locality, forest pool in Rio Arinos, Município Porto dos Gauchos, Mato Grosso, MZUSP 92399 (holotype of Cichla mirianae, 23.6 cm SL, adult female). Known from the upper Rio Tapajós drainage, in the Juruena and Teles Pires rivers, and from the middle and upper Rio Xingu drainage, in the Fresco, Batovi, Culuene and Suiá-Missu rivers (Ref. 57716). |
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