Amphilophus
Amphilophus is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. The genus currently contains 23 species. However, a 2008 study led by Oldrich Rican suggested that several species within Amphilophus should be moved to the genus Astatheros.[1] Species proposed to be moved to Astatheros are A. alfari, A. altifrons, A. bussingi, A. diquis, A. longimanus, A. macracanthus (which would be the type species for Astatheros), A. margaritifer, A. rhytisma, A. robertsoni and A. rostratus.[1] Rican's study suggests that the Astatheros species are more closely related to the Jack Dempsey and Rainbow Cichlid than to the remaining Amphilophus species.[1]
Species
- Amphilophus alfari Meek, 1907
- Amphilophus altifrons Kner, 1863
- Amphilophus amarillo Stauffer & McKaye, 2002
- Amphilophus astorquii Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008[2]
- Amphilophus bussingi Loiselle, 1997
- Amphilophus calobrensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1913
- Amphilophus chancho Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008[2]
- Amphilophus citrinellus Günther, 1864
- Amphilophus diquis Bussing, 1974
- Amphilophus flaveolus Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008[2]
- Amphilophus globosus Geiger, McCrary, & Stauffer, 2010[3]
- Amphilophus hogaboomorum Carr & Giovannoli, 1950
- Amphilophus labiatus Günther, 1864
- Amphilophus longimanus Günther, 1867
- Amphilophus lyonsi Gosse, 1966
- Amphilophus macracanthus Günther, 1864
- Amphilophus margaritifer Günther, 1862
- Amphilophus nourissati Allgayer, 1989
- Amphilophus rhytisma López, 1983
- Amphilophus robertsoni Regan, 1905
- Amphilophus rostratus Gill, 1877
- Amphilophus supercilius Geiger, McCrary, & Stauffer, 2010[3]
- Amphilophus sagittae Stauffer & McKaye, 2002
- Amphilophus xiloaensis Stauffer & McKaye, 2002
- Amphilophus zaliosus Barlow & Munsey, 1976
References
- ^ a b c Heijns, W. (July 2009). "Central American heroine cichlids, a phylogenetic approach". Cichlid News. pp. 14–22.
- ^ a b c Stauffer, McCrary & Black (2008). "Three new species of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 (1): 117–129. doi:10.2988/06-37.1. [1]
- ^ a b Geiger, McCrary & Stauffer (2010). "Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 123 (2): 159–173. [2]