Dicrossus
| Dicrossus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
| Genus: | Dicrossus Steindachner, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Dicrossus maculatus Steindachner, 1875 | |
Dicrossus is a genus of small cichlids fishes. They are native to rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. These cichlids have several dark spots on the side of their body (although very faint in some). Depending on the exact species, they typically only reach 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) in length.
In the past, Dicrossus were sometimes included in the genus Crenicara instead. Members of both genera are sometimes known as checkerboard or chessboard cichlids.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Dicrossus filamentosus (Ladiges, 1958) (Chessboard cichlid)
- Dicrossus foirni U. Römer, I. J. Hahn & Vergara, 2010[2]
- Dicrossus gladicauda I. Schindler & Staeck, 2008[3]
- Dicrossus maculatus Steindachner, 1875
- Dicrossus warzeli U. Römer, I. J. Hahn & Vergara, 2010[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Dicrossus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Römer, U., Hahn, I. & Vergara, P.M. (2010): Description of Dicrossus foirni sp. n. and Dicrossus warzeli sp. n. (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), two new cichlid species from the Rio Negro and the Rio Tapajos, Amazon drainage, Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology, 60(2): 123–138.
- ↑ Schindler, I. & Staeck, W. (2008): Dicrossus gladicauda sp. n. - a new species of crenicarine dwarf cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Colombia, South-America. Vertebrate Zoology, 58 (1): 67-73.