Aequidens
| Aequidens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Genus: | Aequidens C. H. Eigenmann & W. L. Bray, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Acara tetramerus Heckel, 1840 | |
Aequidens is a South American genus of fish in the family Cichlidae. Many species formerly placed in this genus have been reallocated to other genera such as Andinoacara, Bujurquina, Laetacara, Tahuantinsuyoa, Krobia and Cleithracara. As presently defined, Aequidens is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only exceptions are A. plagiozonatus which also occurs in the Paraná Basin, and A. tetramerus which also occurs in the Parnaíba River.
Species
Currently, 17 recognized species belong to this genus.[1][2][3][4]
- Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956
- Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840)
- Aequidens epae S. O. Kullander, 1995
- Aequidens gerciliae S. O. Kullander, 1995
- Aequidens hoehnei (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Aequidens mauesanus S. O. Kullander, 1997
- Aequidens metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922 (Yellow acara)
- Aequidens michaeli S. O. Kullander, 1995
- Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) (Doublespot acara)
- Aequidens paloemeuensis S. O. Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
- Aequidens patricki S. O. Kullander, 1984
- Aequidens plagiozonatus S. O. Kullander, 1984
- Aequidens potaroensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Aequidens rondoni (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
- Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) (Saddle cichlid)
- Aequidens tubicen S. O. Kullander & E. J. G. Ferreira, 1990
- Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)
References
- ↑ Musilova, Rican and Novak, 2009. Phylogeny of the Neotropical cichlid fish tribe Cichlasomatini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with the description of a new genus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 47 Issue 3 , Pages 209 - 304 (August 2009)
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W.N., & R. Fricke, eds. (2013). Catalog of Fishes. Online version, 14 May 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Aequidens in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S.O. & Barriga S., R.E. (2012): Andinoacara blombergi, a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of A. rivulatus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 117-137.