Diagnostic Description
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Cichlasoma zarskei is distinguished from all its congeners, except C. orientale, by having a conspicuous posterior band of the longitudinal stripe (contenuous or intrerrupted) (vs. inconspicuous posterior band of longitudinal stripe, almost absent in some specimens; Kullander, 1983), and dorsal, anal and caudal fins faintly dotted (vs. fins intensely dotted; Kullander, 1983) (Ref. 88917).
