Geophagus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Geophagus Heckel, 1840
Species
See text.

Geophagus is a genus cichlids. The genus is currently polyphyletic and in need of further taxonomic revision. Some geophagine cichlids previously included in this genus have been reallocated to Gymnogeophagus or Satanoperca.

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 21 species^[1] and recently a new species was added bringing the total to 22 species:

• Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
• Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840.
• Geophagus argyrostictus Kullander, 1991.
• Geophagus brachybranchus Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
• Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
• Geophagus brokopondo Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
• Geophagus camopiensis Pellegrin, 1903.
• Geophagus crassilabris Steindachner, 1876.
• Geophagus dicrozoster López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
• Geophagus grammepareius Kullander & Taphorn, 1992.
• Geophagus harreri Gosse, 1976.
• Geophagus iporangensis Haseman, 1911.
• Geophagus itapicuruensis Haseman, 1911.
• Geophagus megasema Heckel, 1840.
• Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau, 1855).
• Geophagus parnaibae Staeck & Schindler, 2006.^[2]
• Geophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912.
• Geophagus proximus (Castelnau, 1855).
• Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1910.
• Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791).
• Geophagus taeniopareius Kullander & Royero, 1992.
• Geophagus winemilleri López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Geophagus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
2. ^ Staeck & Schindler (2006). "Geophagus parnaibae sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the rio Parnaiba basin, Brazil". Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 55: 69-75.