Vertebrate Zoology 59(2): 123-129, doi:
Re-description of Laetacara curviceps (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)
expand article infoFelipe P. Ottoni, JOSÉ L. O. Mattos, Ingo Schindler

Corresponding author: Felipe Ottoni ( fpottoni@yahoo.com.br )

© Felipe Ottoni, JOSÉ L. O. Mattos, Ingo Schindler.
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Citation: Ottoni FP, Mattos JLO, Schindler I (2009) Re-description of Laetacara curviceps (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). Vertebrate Zoology 59(2): 123-129
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Abstract
Laetacara curviceps is re-described based both on the types and additional material. Laetacara curviceps is similar to both L. dorsigera and L. araguaiae in general appearance and body shape and comparative small size. It is distinguished from its congeners, except for L. dorsigera, by having a dark spot on dorsal fin above trunk bar 5. Laetacara curviceops differs from L. dorsigera by having a deeper head, a longer pelvic-fin spine and no conspicuous red belly in breeding specimens.
Keywords
Acara freniferus, Laetacara fl avilabris, Laetacara fulvipinnis, Laetacara thayeri, Amazon basin, South America, taxonomy.