Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1866)
Curator: Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. Last updated on 16-Jun-2007.
Original description as Heros managuensis:
- Günther, Albert C. L. G.; 1867; "On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow"; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London; pp. 600-604.
Synonyms:
- Parachromis gulosus Agassiz, 1859, with type locality at Lake Nicaragua. determiner: Burgess, W. E. 2000 .
Taxonomic history:
- Parachromis gulosus, Agassiz, 1859, senior synonym.
- Heros managuensis, Günther, 1867, original combination.
- Astronotus (Astronotus) managuensis, Eigenmann, 1893, new combination.
- Astronotus managuensis, Eigenmann et al, 1903, new combination.
- Cichlosoma (Parapetenia) managuense, Regan, 1905, new combination.
- Parapetenia managuense, Jordan et al, 1930, new combination.
- Parachromis managuensis, Kullander et al, 1997, new combination.
Groupings:
Etymology: From lake Managüa, Nicaragüa.
Type locality: Lake Managüa, Nicaragüa.
Inhabited countries: Costa Rica (native), Ecuador (native), Honduras (native), Mexico (introduced), Nicaragua (native), El Salvador (introduced).
Habitats:
Laguna Noh (Mexico, exotic), Río Babahoyo (Ecuador, native), Rio Danto (Honduras, native).
Conservation: Parachromis managuensis is not evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2008).
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Menacing female |
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References:
- Eigenmann, Carl H.; 1893; "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Central America and Southern Mexico."; Proceeding of the United States National Museum; 53-60 (crc02506).
- Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann & H.W. Clark; 1930; "Checklist of the fishes and fishlike vertebrates of North and Middle America. Appendix X. "; Report of the US Commissioner of Fisheries; 416-424 (crc02509).
- Agassiz, Louis; 1859; "Remarks on new fishes from Lake Nicaragua"; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History; pp. 407-408 (crc00138).
- Eigenmann, Carl H. & C. H. Kennedy; 1903; "On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids"; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (crc00070).
- Günther, Albert C. L. G.; 1867; "On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow"; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London; pp. 600-604 (crc00014).
- Kullander, Sven & K. E. Hartel; 1997; "The systematic status of cichlid genera described by Louis Agassiz in 1859: Amphilophus, Baiodon, Hypsophrys[7i] and Parachromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae)"; Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters; v.7(3/4), pp. 193-202 (crc01041).
- Regan, Charles Tate; 1905; "A revision of the fishes of the American cichlid genus Cichlosoma and of the allied genera"; Annals and Magazine of Natural History; (Ser. 7) pp 60-77; 225-243; 316-340; 433-445 (crc00042).
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