Geophagus

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Geophagus
Geophagus surinamensis
Geophagus surinamensis
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 22 species[1] and recently two new species were added bringing the total to 24 species:

  • Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
  • Geophagus acuticeps Heckel, 1840.
  • 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 gottwaldi Schindler & Staeck, 2006.[2]
  • Geophagus grammepareius Kullander & Taphorn, 1992.
  • Geophagus harreri Gosse, 1976.
  • Geophagus iporangensis Haseman, 1911.
  • Geophagus itapicuruensis Haseman, 1911.
  • Geophagus jurupari Heckel, 1840.
  • Geophagus megasema Heckel, 1840.
  • Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau, 1855).
  • Geophagus parnaibae Staeck & Schindler, 2006.[3]
  • 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. ^ Schindler, Ingo & Staeck, Wolfgang (2006): Geophagus gottwaldi sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the upper rio Orinoco in Venezuela. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 56: 91-97 PDF fulltext
  3. ^ Staeck, Wolfgang & Schindler, Ingo (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 PDF fulltext