Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica Author Angulo, Arturo Author Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz Author Rojas, Emmanuel Author Ley-López, Juan Manuel text Check List 2017 2017-10-27 13 5 683 702 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.5.683 journal article 10.15560/13.5.683 1809-127X (21) Cribroheros alfari ( Meek 1907: 148 ) ; Pastel cichlid (En), Mojarra (Sp) Figure 6A Amphilophus alfari ( Meek 1907 ) : 148—Angulo et al. (2013): 1004. Body moderately elongate and deep; predorsal profile of head usually straight or slightly curved, snout relatively long, pointed, straight and produced, usually ca 43–53% of head length; mouth terminal, rarely inferior or ventral, relatively short, usually <30% of head length; maxillary not extending to below the eye; jaws of equal length, rarely upper jaw in advance of lower jaw; teeth conical and cylindrical, somewhat enlarged, but no large canines; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; caudal fin truncate; general coloration olive brown, darker dorsally and paler, usually reddish white, ventrally, with a dark band between eye and lateral line, and 3–5 brown vertical bars, separated by paler spaces, on posterior portion of the flanks; head and body with irregular iridescent blue spots or vermiculations; median fins tan, in some specimens the dorsal and caudal fins are covered with evenly distributed blue dots; edge of the dorsal fin bicolored (margin red with a submarginal blue line below) and edge of anal fin olive brown; pectoral and pelvic fins usually transparent, gray, yellowish, or red- dish; maximum body length ca 150 mm SL.