Gymnogeophagus
| Gymnogeophagus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
| Genus: | Gymnogeophagus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Gymnogeophagus cyanopterus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 | |
Gymnogeophagus is a genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from various river basins (notably Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos–Mirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.
Species
There are currently 12 described species in this genus:[2]
- Gymnogeophagus australis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguayan eartheater)
- Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891) (Argentine humphead)
- Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis Staeck, 2006
- Gymnogeophagus che Casciotta, Gómez & Toresanni, 2000
- †Gymnogeophagus eocenicus Malabarba, Malabarba & Del Papa, 2010 (only known from Eocene fossil remains)
- Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Smooth-cheek eartheater)
- Gymnogeophagus labiatus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Earth eater)
- Gymnogeophagus lacustris R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988
- Gymnogeophagus meridionalis R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988
- Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Stripefin eartheater)
- Gymnogeophagus setequedas R. E. dos Reis, L. R. Malabarba & Pavanelli, 1992
- Gymnogeophagus tiraparae González-Bergonzoni, Loureiro & Oviedo, 2009[3]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer W. "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Gymnogeophagus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Iván González-Bergonzoni, Marcelo Loureiro and Sebastián Oviedo. "A new species of Gymnogeophagus from the río Negro and río Tacuarí basins, Uruguay (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia. Retrieved 2010-12-26.