Cichlasoma
| Cichlasoma | |
|---|---|
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| Cichlasoma dimerus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Genus: | Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Cichlasoma is a genus of fish in the cichlid family. The genus was previously very large (a wastebasket taxon), including cichlids from Texas, North America, through all of Central America to parts of South America.
Reclassification and subsequent splitting of the genus by Sven O. Kullander and other ichthyologists has resulted in many of the former species from the genus Cichlasoma.[1] Several taxa now being placed within separate genera such as Amphilophus, Archocentrus, Herichthys, Heros, Nandopsis, Parachromis, Thorichthys, Vieja and a number of others.
Species
There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:
- Cichlasoma aguadae C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma alborum C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma amarum C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma amazonarum S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma araguaiense S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma beani (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Green guapote) (incertae sedis)
- Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Black acara)
- Cichlasoma boliviense S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma cienagae C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma conchitae C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)
- Cichlasoma ericymba C. L. Hubbs, 1938
- Cichlasoma geddesi (Regan, 1905)
- Cichlasoma gephyrum C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Cichlasoma istlanum (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
- Cichlasoma mayorum C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma microlepis Dahl, 1960
- Cichlasoma orientale S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma orinocense S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma paranaense S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma portalegrense (R. F. Hensel, 1870)
- Cichlasoma pusillum S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma santifranciscense S. O. Kullander, 1983
- Cichlasoma sieboldii (Kner, 1863) (Siebold's cichlid) [1]
- Cichlasoma stenozonum C. L. Hubbs, 1936
- Cichlasoma taenia (E. T. Bennett, 1831) (Brown coscarob)
- Cichlasoma trimaculatum (Günther, 1867) (Three-spot cichlid)
- Cichlasoma troschelii (Steindachner, 1867)
- Cichlasoma tuyrense Meek & Hildebrand, 1913 [1]
- Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) (Mexican Mojarra) (incertae sedis)
- Cichlasoma zarskei Ottoni, 2011
- Cichlasoma zebra C. L. Hubbs, 1936
References
- 1 2 3 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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