Cribroheros alfari ( Meek 1907: 148 )

Angulo, Arturo, Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz, Rojas, Emmanuel & Ley-López, Juan Manuel, 2017, Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica, Check List 13 (5), pp. 683-702 : 694

(21) Cribroheros alfari ( Meek 1907: 148) ; Pastel cichlid (En), Mojarra (Sp)

Figure 6A

Amphilophus alfari ( Meek 1907) : 148—Angulo et al. (2013): 1004.

Body moderately elongate and deep; predorsal profile of head usually straight or slightly curved, snout relatively long, pointed, straight and produced, usually ca 43–53% of head length; mouth terminal, rarely inferior or ventral, relatively short, usually <30% of head length; maxillary not extending to below the eye; jaws of equal length, rarely upper jaw in advance of lower jaw; teeth conical and cylindrical, somewhat enlarged, but no large canines; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; caudal fin truncate; general coloration olive brown, darker dorsally and paler, usually reddish white, ventrally, with a dark band between eye and lateral line, and 3–5 brown vertical bars, separated by paler spaces, on posterior portion of the flanks; head and body with irregular iridescent blue spots or vermiculations; median fins tan, in some specimens the dorsal and caudal fins are covered with evenly distributed blue dots; edge of the dorsal fin bicolored (margin red with a submarginal blue line below) and edge of anal fin olive brown; pectoral and pelvic fins usually transparent, gray, yellowish, or red- dish; maximum body length ca 150 mm SL.