Výskyt
Jižní Amerika — povodí řeky Essequibo (Guyana), endemit.
Typová lokalita
Rupununi River off of Manaho Lagoon, Guyana, 3°59'33.8"N, 58°44'45.8"W.
Velikost
38,4 cm SL.
Původní popis
Sabaj Pérez, M. H., López-Fernández, H., Willis, S. C., Hemraj, D. D., Taphorn D. C. & Winemiller, K. O. 2020. Cichla cataractae (Cichliformes: Cichlidae), new species of peacock bass from the Essequibo Basin, Guyana and Venezuela. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 167 (no. 1): 69-86.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web.