Taxonomy The species was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1831 as Lobotes ocellatus, as he mistakenly believed the species was marine; later work assigned the species to the genus Astronotus. The species also has a number of junior synonyms: Acara compressus, Acara hyposticta, Astronotus ocellatus zebra, and Astronotus orbiculatus. alt=watercolor of Astronotus ocellatus|thumb|1831 watercolor of Astronotus ocellatus by Jacques Burkhardt.
Taxonomy The species was originally described by Louis Agassiz in 1831 as Lobotes ocellatus, as he mistakenly believed the species was marine; later work assigned the species to the genus Astronotus. The species also has a number of junior synonyms: Acara compressus, Acara hyposticta, Astronotus ocellatus zebra, and Astronotus orbiculatus. alt=watercolor of: Astronotus ocellatus|thumb|1831 wate?rcolor of Astronotus ocellatus by Jacques Burkhardt.