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Species I.D. Guide

From 2003 Checklist

Cichla temensis

Cichla monoculus

Cichla orinocensis

Cichla ocellaris

Cichla intermedia

From 2006 Re-description

Cichla jariina

Cichla kelberi

Cichla melaniae

Cichla mirianae

Cichla nigromaculata

Cichla pinima

Cichla piquiti

Cichla pleiozona

Cichla thyrorus

Cichla vazzoleri

Unidentified Taxa

Rio Travessao peacock

Rio Paru peacock

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Cichla pinima - 'tucunare pinima'

Cichla pinima is one of the newly described (2006) species of Cichla.

ID Key - C. pinima

Identification Keys

Bars and Markings

Colors

Size

Key Characters

Similar Species

Possesses three prominent dark vertical bars or blotches in adults. Dark markings on operculum are present. Juveniles have 4 or more horizontal rows of light spots.

Lower sides yellowish, shading into bronze near lateral line and olive dorsally. Upper fins bluish and lower fins predominantly yellow.

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Depth to length ratio

approx. 27%

Lateral Line Scales

approx. 95

Most similar to
C. temensis
C. jariina
C. thyrorus
C. vazzoleri

Angler's Summary

Known Range	Behavior notes	Habitat	Common Names	IGFA records
Countries: Brazil. River Basins: lower Rio Tapajos, Rio Curua-Una, lower Rio Xingu, lower Rio Tocantins and Rio Capim. Also introduced in other locations in Brazil's northeast	Not known to us at this time. If you have info and would like to share it on this site, please contact us - E-Mail Paul Reiss	C. pinima are fairly abundant along the shorelines, in amongst woody structure in low-gradient rivers.	*pinima* is a Tupi-Guarani Indian word meaning white-spotted. The name was in use prior to the 2006 revision	None

Fishing Tactics

C. pinima - Report by Dr. Stuart Willis
We angled these in the Araguari River downstream of Ferreira Gomes in Amapa. This clearwater river, downstream of FG, is a low-gradient floodplain river, and is also heavily tidally influenced. C. pinima were fairly abundant along the shore, in amongst the woody structure. We caught these on weedless spoons. The people I spoke with called this species "tucunare acu" and C. monoculus, with which C. pinima is largely co-distributed, "tucunare chinga".

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