Original description:
- Bloch, Marcus Elieser & J.G. Schneider. 1801. "M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini". Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol:i-lx + 1-584 (crc00288) (abstract)
Type species: Cichla ocellaris Schneider, 1801 (subsequent designation).
Synonyms:
- Acharnes Müller & Troschel, 1849. Determiner: Kullander, Sven, 1986
Described species included (25):
valid: 16 synonym: 9- Cichla ocellaris Schneider, 1801 (valid)
- Cichla temensis Humboldt, 1821 (valid)
- Cichla orinocensis Humboldt, 1821 (valid)
- Cichla argus Valenciennes, 1821 (synonym)
- Cichla atabapensis Humboldt, 1821 (synonym)
- Cychla monoculus Spix & Agassiz, 1831 (valid)
- Cichla tucunare Heckel, 1840 (synonym)
- Cychla flavomaculata Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 (synonym)
- Cychla nigro-maculata Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 (valid)
- Cychla trifasciata Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843 (synonym)
- Acharnes speciosus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (synonym)
- Cycla toucounarai Castelnau, 1855 (synonym)
- Cichla unitaeniatus Magalhaes, 1931 (synonym)
- Cichla bilineatus Nakashima, 1941 (synonym)
- Cichla intermedia Machado-Allison, 1971 (valid)
- Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla jariina Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla melaniae Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla mirianae Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla pinima Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla piquiti Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla pleiozona Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla thyrorus Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla vazzoleri Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 (valid)
- Cichla cataractae Sabaj, López-Fernández, Willis, Hemraj, Taphorn & Winemiller, 2020 (valid)