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Sub-family Tribe Status |
Geophagus Heckel, 1840Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840 |
Original description:
- Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007).
Type species: Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840 (subsequent designation).
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Described species included (33):
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valid: 25 synonym: 8
- Sparus surinamensis Bloch, 1791 (valid)
- Sparus nhoquunda Lacepède , 1802 (synonym)
- Chromis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (valid)
- Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Geophagus megasema Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Chromys unipunctata Castelnau , 1855 (synonym)
- Chromys proxima Castelnau, 1855 (valid)
- Chromys unimaculata Castelnau , 1855 (synonym)
- Chromys obscura Castelnau, 1855 (valid)
- Acara gymnopoma Günther, 1862 (synonym)
- Geophagus brasiliensis Kner, 1865 (synonym)
- Acara minuta Hensel , 1870 (synonym)
- Geophagus (Satanoperca) crassilabris Steindachner, 1876 (valid)
- Geophagus camopiensis Pellegrin, 1903 (valid)
- Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1910 (valid)
- Geophagus brasiliensis iporangensis Haseman, 1911 (valid)
- Geophagus brasiliensis itapicuruensis Haseman, 1911 (valid)
- Geophagus hondae Regan , 1912 (synonym)
- Geophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912 (valid)
- Geophagus magdalena Brind , 1943 (synonym)
- Geophagus harreri Gosse, 1976 (valid)
- Geophagus brachybranchus Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 (valid)
- Geophagus brokopondo Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 (valid)
- Geophagus argyrostictus Kullander, 1991 (valid)
- Geophagus taeniopareius Kullander & Royero, 1992 (valid)
- Geophagus grammepareius Kullander & Royero, 1992 (valid)
- Geophagus winemilleri López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 (valid)
- Geophagus dicrozoster López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 (valid)
- Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 (valid)
- Geophagus gottwaldi Schindler & Staeck, 2006 (valid)
- Geophagus parnaibae Staeck & Schindler, 2006 (valid)
- Geophagus neambi Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010 (valid)
- Geophagus sveni Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (8):
- sp. 'altamira'
- sp. 'aripuanã'
- sp. 'bahia red'
- sp. 'parnaiba'
- sp. 'pindare'
- sp. 'red head tapajos'
- sp. 'rio são francisco'
- sp. 'trombetas'
Species groups:
- Brasiliensis (Stawikowski, Rainer & Uwe Werner, 1988) brasiliensis, iporangensis, itapicuruensis,
- Crassilabris (Stawikowski, Rainer & Uwe Werner, 1988) crassilabris, pellegrini, steindachneri,
- Lugubris (Kutty, Vinod, 2006) sp. 'bahia red',
- Regani sp. 'rio são francisco',
- Surinamensis (López-Fernández, Hernán & D.C. Taphorn, 2004) abalios, parnaibae, surinamensis,
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