{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Royal peacock bass | image = C.Intermedia Cinaruco 2018.jpg | image_caption = Caught in Cinaruco River, Apure, Venezuela | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 9 February 2023">{{cite iucn |author=Mesa-Salazar, L. |date=2022 |title=''Cichla intermedia'' |volume=2022 |article-number=e.T175978706A175978830|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T175978706A175978830.en |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> | taxon = Cichla intermedia | authority = Machado-Allison, 1971 }}
'''''Cichla intermedia''''', the '''royal peacock bass''', is a large species of cichlid found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Colombia.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase species |genus= Cichla |species= intermedia |month= December |year= 2017}}</ref><ref name=AcAng>{{cite web | title='Royal Peacock'—Cichla intermedia | url=http://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish-science/peacock-bass-species-guide/taxonomy-2003/cichla-intermedia.html | publisher=Acute Angling | access-date=12 December 2017 | archive-date=13 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010412/http://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish-science/peacock-bass-species-guide/taxonomy-2003/cichla-intermedia.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/5208144 ''Cichla intermedia''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803223820/https://www.gbif.org/species/5208144 |date=2018-08-03 }} at GBIF</ref>
==Description== ''C. intermedia'' reaches up to {{convert|55|cm|ft|abbr=on|1}} in total length and {{convert|3.0|kg|lb|abbr=on}} in weight.<ref name=FishBase/> It is easily identified from other species of peacock bass, as it is the only that present a series of 8 to 9 spots running through their lateral line.
==Habitat== Royal peacock bass inhabit both clear- and blackwater rivers from the Orinoco River basin.
==Behavior== These fish are predatory and feed mostly on smaller fish.<ref name=FishBase/>
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intermedia Category:Cichlid fish of South America Category:Freshwater fish of Colombia Category:Freshwater fish of Venezuela Category:Fish described in 1971