Cichlidae

Grenand, Pierre, Chapuis, Jean, Cognat, André, Christinoi, Antonia, Davy, Damien, Grenand, Françoise, Jégu, Michel, Keith, Philippe, Martin, Emmanuel, Nemo, François, Pagezy, Hélène & Le Bail, Pierre-Yves, 2015, Revision of vernacular names for the freshwater fish of French Guiana, Cybium 39 (4), pp. 279-300 : 295-296

Cichlidae ( Cichlinae )

Note: Some generic names are used to designate many species of cichlids: Parpra (C); Be (P); Akala (T); Agudede (B); Acará, Cará (Br).

Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) : paya, krombié-

rouj (C); aluago elselepo (K); masug, be masug (P); talepulu (Wa); oscar, cichlide oeil de paon (F); acará-açu, apaiari (Br); oscar, tiger oscar, velvet cichlid (E).

Note: Its name Kali’na seems to indicate the existence of this species in the swamps further West, but so far no scientific collection could confirm this. The Wayana name however applies to this species on the Rio Paru, while in French Guiana it applies to Aequidens tetramerus since Astronotus ocellatus is unknown from the inside of French Guiana.

Chaetobranchopsis australis Eigenmann & Ward, 1907 :

paya (St Georges, C); araswa (P); cichlidé filtreur (F); acará-prata (Br).

Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840 : paya-jonn,

krombié-jonn (C); kalausa (K); wakay (P); kamara paroe, koenapari (S); chétobranchus jaune (F); acará-prata, acarábranco (Br); river patwa (E).

Cichla monoculus Spix, 1831 : kounanni (Oyapock, C);

kunan (P); matawale (Wa); tukunale (Wi); toucounaré (F); tucunaré-açu, tucunaré-pitanga (Br); tucanare peacock bass (E).

Cichla ocellaris Schneider, 1801 : toukounaré (Maroni,

C); malishaba (K); matawale (Wa); aboné, tukunali (B); toekoenari (S); toucounaré (F); tucunaré-açu (Br); butterfly peacock bass (E).

Note: Palikur and Creole people are acquainted with Cichla monoculus living in the Uaçá basin and occasionally entering the Oyapock through the Juminã swamp spillway. The species is known by Wayãpi and Wayana people from the Rio Jari and Rio Paru basins. Cichla monoculus and Cichla ocellaris are two sister species that are hard to tell apart.

Crenicichla albopunctata Pellegrin, 1904 : angoumot

(Maroni), poson-madanm (Cayenne, Sinnamary, Maroni), marann, matalé, matawari (Oyapock) (C); matawari (K); uuta priye (female), uuta seine (female) (P); kolopimpë (Wa); adonko, adonko koofu, alampipi (B); datrafisi (S); cichlide-brochet (F); jacundá (Br); pike cichlid (E).

Crenicichla johanna Heckel, 1840 : poson-madanm

(Cayenne, Sinnamary, Maroni), marann, marann, matalé, mataouri (C); abãrwa (P); yakunã (Wi); akunã (T); cichlide-brochet de Johanna (F); jacundá-piranga, joana-guensa (Br); pike cichlid (E).

Crenicichla multispinosa Pellegrin, 1903 : angoumot

(Maroni), marann (Oyapock), poson-madanm, matalé, mataouri (C); matawari (K); kolopinpë, tekupile (Wa); adonko, adonko koofu, alampipi (B); datrafisi (S); cichlide-brochet (F); jacundá (Br); pike cichlid (E).

Crenicichla saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) : angoumot

(Maroni), poson-madanm (Cayenne, Sinnamary, Maroni), marann (Oyapock), matalé, mataouri (C); matawari (K); uuta (P); kolopinpë (Wa); matawale (Wi); batawale (T); adonko, adonko koofu, alampipi (B); datrafisi (S); cichlide-brochet à queue en anneau (F); jacundá-coroa (Br); pike cichlid (E).

Crenicichla ternetzi Norman, 1926 : marann (Oyapock),

mataouri, poson-madanm, matalé (C); uuta priye (P); matawale piyũ (Wi); cichlide-brochet de Ternetz (F); jacundá (Br); pike cichlid (E).

Heros efasciatus Heckel, 1840 : paya, krombié (C);

kalausa (K); duwa (male), duway (female) (P); talepulu (Wa); moyu leposiwa (Wi); cichlide rayé, cichlide ocellé (F); acará-piranga, acará-roxo (Br); banded cichlid (E).

Hypselecara temporalis (Günther, 1862) : prapra (C);

(be) tiga duwõ (P); cichlide émeraude (F); acará-açaí (Br); emerald cichlid (E).

Laetacara cf. curviceps (Ahl, 1923) : prapra (C); be krogbim (P); cichlide drapeau, acara joyeux, laetacara bleu (F); curvicepe (Br); flag acara (E).

Mesonauta guyanae Schindler, 1998 : prapra (C); wasiviu

(P); cichlide drapeau, mésonaute (F); acará-caititu, acaráberé (Br); flag cichlid (E).

Nannacara anomala Regan, 1905 : ti-prapra (C);

agudédé, andia (B); cichlide nain brillant, cichlide à oeil d’or, cichlidé nain brillant (F); goldeneye cichlid (E).

Nannacara aureocephalus Allgayer, 1983 : ti-prapra (C);

akalape (Wi); agudédé, andia (B); cichlide à tête d’or (F).

Note: It is difficult to distinguish these two Nannacara species from each other.

Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823) : poson-lavwèl

(Oyapock, C); kweyu (P); scalaire, poisson ange (F); acarábandeira (Br); angelfish, freshwater angelfish (E).

Retroculus septentrionalis Gosse, 1971 : prapra (C); be durunday (P); akala yulupoko (Wi); cará-bicudo (Br).