Archocentrus
| Archocentrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Archocentrus centrarchus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Genus: | Archocentrus T. N. Gill, 1877 |
Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. It formerly included 7 of the species now included in the genus Cryptoheros, as well as the convict cichlid, now included in the genus Amatitlania.[1][2][3] The Rainbow Cichlid, Archocentrus multispinosus, was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia.[4]
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
- Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877) (Flier cichlid)
- Archocentrus spinosissimus (Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902)
References
- ↑ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera".
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Archocentrus in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ↑ Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species (PDF). Zootaxa, 1603. pp. 1–76.
- ↑ McMahan, C.D., Matamoros, W.A., Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3.
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