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Fig. 62. Cichla jariina, paratype, NRM 13505, young female, 205 mm SL; Brazil: Amapá: Rio Jari, upstream of<br />
Cachoeira Santo Antonio (right side, reversed).<br />
Fig. 63. Cichla jariina, holotype, INPA 3504, adult male, 340 mm SL; Brazil: Amapá: Rio Jari downstream of Cachoeira<br />
Santo Antonio.<br />
margined by light curved bars anteriorly and<br />
posteriorly; caudal fin crossed by two light vertical<br />
bars. Pelvic fin whitish.<br />
Probable male 180 mm SL light brownish,<br />
lighter below. Dark band from snout tip to caudal<br />
fin base extremely faint; crossed by three obscure<br />
vertical bars (bars 1, 2, 3) from dorsum to horizontal<br />
level of lower margin of pectoral fin base.<br />
Posteriormost bar includes a blackish blotch at<br />
the upper end. About four irregular rows of small<br />
light spots along middle of side, reduced to two<br />
rows on caudal peduncle. Light spots also on<br />
head side, but not on nape. Spinous portion of<br />
dorsal fin greyish with about two rows of light<br />
spots; soft portion greyish with some light spots.<br />
Caudal fin with black blotch at base, above midaxis,<br />
almost completely encircled with light ring.<br />
Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 17, No. 4<br />
357<br />
Females 195-205 mm SL (Fig. 62) like 180 mm SL<br />
specimen, but no horizontal band; caudal ocellus<br />
almost complete. Three rows of yellow spots in<br />
dorsal fin.<br />
Holotype, adult male 340 mm SL (Fig. 63) with<br />
dorsum, snout, nape grey, side pale grey. Underside<br />
of head, chest ventrally, belly, anal-fin base<br />
and lower margin of caudal peduncle whitish.<br />
Small black ocellated spots in row behind orbit<br />
and on opercle, dark spot in opercular/subopercular<br />
junction. Dark bars 1-3 represented by three<br />
vertical rows of black blotches with white or<br />
silvery spots marking margins of blotches; along<br />
middle of side scattered white spots. Anterior<br />
row of black blotches below anterior dorsal spines<br />
including small blotch above upper lateral line,<br />
large blotch slightly below upper lateral line, and