Hypselecara temporalis, (Gunther, 1862)

Koerber, Stefan, Guimarães, Erick Cristofore, Brito, Pâmella Silva de, Bragança, Pedro Henrique Negreiros de & Ottoni, Felipe Polivanov, 2022, Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Maranhão, Brazil (CLOFFBR-MA)., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 79, pp. 1-94 : 74

H. temporalis (Günther, 1862)

Heros temporalis Günther, 1862 Acara crassa Steindachner, 1875 Heros goeldii Boulenger, 1897 Cichlasoma hellabrunni Ladiges, 1942 records Tocantins o Guimarães et al. (2020d): listing o Guimarães et al. (2021a): specimens

Cichlidae - unconfirmed species for Maranhão state requiring a verification based on voucher material

Apistogramma caetei Kullander, 1980 | in Linke & Staeck (1997) and Staeck (2003) for Turiaçu basin

Batrachops reticulatus Heckel, 1840 | sub Crenicichla reticulata in Abreu et al. (2019) for Litoral Ocidental basin Chromis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | sub Geophagus brasiliensis in Abreu et al. (2019) for Itapecuru basin Cychla labrina Spix & Agassiz, 1831 | sub Crenicichla labrina in Abreu et al. (2019) for Mearim basin

Cychla monoculus Spix & Agassiz, 1831 | sub Cichla monoculus in Ramos (2012) for Parnaíba basin

Cichlidae - species considered not to be distributed in Maranhão

Apistogramma eunotus Kullander, 1981 | in Abreu et al. (2019) for Mearim basin | Buckup & Teixeira (2007)

Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | in Garavello et al. (2010) for Tocantins basin; in Abreu et al. (2019) for Mearim basin | Kullander & Ferreira (2006)

Crenicichla lepidota Heckel, 1840 | in Abreu et al. (2019) for Mearim basin | Kullander (1982, 2003), Buckup & Teixeira (2007)