Author: (Günther, 1863)
FBname: Checkerboard cichlid
Remark: Redescription based on Peruvian material in Kullander (1986: 140), with bibliography, diagnosis, description, distribution, and illustrations. Compared with <i>C. latruncularium</i> in Kullander & Staeck (1990).
Comments: In forest creeks and sandy river shores, often near fallen leaves or among plants.  Young are all females; at about 8 months of age one female changes into a dominant male (Ref. 42575).