Archocentrus
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| Archocentrus centrarchus | |
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| Genus: | Archocentrus T. N. Gill, 1877
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Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. It formerly included 7 of the species now included in the genus Cryptoheros, as well as the convict cichlid, now included in the genus Amatitlania.[1][2][3] The Rainbow Cichlid, Archocentrus multispinosus, was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia.[4]
Species
There is currently one recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877) (Flier cichlid)
References
- ^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Archocentrus". FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1603: 1–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1603.1.1.
- ^ McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
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