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Fig. 7. Cichla ocellaris, NRM 28389, adult female, 302 mm SL; French Guiana: Maroni River at Maripasoula.<br />

Fig. 8. Cichla ocellaris, INPA 24092, adult, 320 mm SL; Brazil: Rio Uraricoera drainage: Furo do Maracá.<br />

continuous vs. discontinuous or nearly always<br />

discontinuous in C. orinocensis and C. nigromaculata;<br />

scales in E1 row (67-) 70-80 (-82) vs. 84-93 in<br />

C. pleiozona; occipital bar absent or indistinct vs.<br />

emphasized in adults of C. monoculus, C. kelberi,<br />

and C. pleiozona; abdominal blotches present vs.<br />

absent in C. orinocensis; vertical bars present at<br />

adult size, vs. three midlateral ocellated blotches<br />

in C. orinocensis, except that an ocellated blotch<br />

consistently formed in dorsal portion of bar 3;<br />

absence of small black blotches on dorsum, vs.<br />

present in C. nigromaculata; vertical bars about<br />

equally wide across side, vs. wide, occasionally<br />

confluent dorsally, and tapering ventrad in<br />

C. nigromaculata, C. monoculus, C. kelberi, and<br />

Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 17, No. 4<br />

303<br />

C. pleiozona. Distinguished from C. intermedia,<br />

C. piquiti, and C. melaniae by abbreviated vs.<br />

complete juvenile lateral band, less scales in E1<br />

row (67-82 vs. (78) 83-108), and presence of ocellated<br />

blotch in dorsal portion of bar 3 vs. absence.<br />

Description. Adapted and modified from <strong>Kullander</strong><br />

& Nijssen (1989), which see for detailed<br />

description. Refer to Figs. 5-8 for general shape<br />

and colour pattern, Table 12 for morphometrics,<br />

and Tables 2-10 for meristics.<br />

Adults moderately deep-bodied (depth 30.2-<br />

34.1 % SL, N = 16, 208-414 mm SL). Frontal contour<br />

straight or slightly curved; nuchal protuber-

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