According to
FishBase, there are currently sixteen recognized species in this genus, but three very different Middle American
taxa ("
C."
geddesi a
synonym of
Herichthys deppii, and "
C."
istlanum and "
C."
trimaculatum placed in
Amphilophus) are not included by
Catalog of Fishes, effectively limiting
Cichlasoma to a group of rather similar, medium-small cichlids of South America. •
Cichlasoma amazonarum S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma araguaiense S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma bimaculatum (
Linnaeus,
1758) (Black acara) •
Cichlasoma boliviense S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma dimerus (
Heckel, 1840) •
Cichlasoma geddesi (
Regan, 1905) •
Cichlasoma istlanum (
D. S. Jordan &
Snyder, 1899) •
Cichlasoma orientale S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma orinocense S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma paranaense S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma portalegrense (
R. F. Hensel, 1870) •
Cichlasoma pusillum S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma santifranciscense S. O. Kullander, 1983 •
Cichlasoma taenia (
E. T. Bennett, 1831) (Brown coscarob) •
Cichlasoma zarskei Ottoni, 2011 ==References==