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 are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
- Archocentrus centrarchus (T. N. Gill, 1877) (Flier cichlid)
- Archocentrus spinosissimus (Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902)
References
- ^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Archocentrus in 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). Vol. 1603. pp. 1–76.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ 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.
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