Table 3.

Recommendations for a provisional revised alpha taxonomy of Cichla

mtDNA clade	Described species	Recommendation
A	Cicha temensis	consider valid
	C. piquiti	consider valid
	C. melaniae	consider valid
	C. mirianae	consider valid*
	C. vazzoleri	synonymize with C. pinima
	C. thyrorus	synonymize with C. pinima
	C. jariina	synonymize with C. pinima
B1	C. ocellaris	consider valid*
	C. monoculus	synonymize with C. ocellaris*
	C. nigromaculata	synonymize with C. ocellaris*
	C. kelberi	synonymize with C. ocellaris*
	C. pleiozona	synonymize with C. ocellaris*
B2	C. orinocensis	consider valid
	C. intermedia	consider valid*

Described species follow [25]. *May warrant further recognition of evolutionarily significant units.