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| Paratheraps zonatus male in the aquarium of Morrell Devlin [USA].Photo by Morrell Devlin. |
Paratheraps zonatus (Meek, 1905)
Curator: Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.
Original description as Cichlasoma zonatum:
- Meek, Seth Eugene; 1905; "A collection of fishes from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec"; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; 18; pp. 243-246.
Taxonomic history:
- Cichlasoma zonatum, Meek, 1905, original combination.
- Cichlasoma (Theraps) zonatum, Eigenmann, 1910, new combination.
- Theraps zonatus, Jordan et al, 1930, new combination.
- Paratheraps zonatus, Allgayer, 1989, new combination.
- Vieja zonata, Allgayer, 1991, new combination.
Groupings:
Etymology: zonatus = band (Latin).
Type locality: Near Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Inhabited countries: Mexico (endemic).
Habitats:
Rio Tehuantepec (Mexico, native).
Conservation: Paratheraps zonatus is not evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2008).
Other pictures (5):
Adult in aquarium |
 Female in aquarium |
Male in aquarium |
Male in aquarium |
Freshly collected from Juchitán |
References:
- Eigenmann, Carl H.; 1910; "Catalogue of the freshwater fishes of tropical and south temperate America."; Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899; 375-511 (crc02507).
- 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).
- Allgayer, Robert; 1989; "Révision et redescription du genre Theraps Günther 1862. Description de deux espèces nouvelles du Mexique (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae)"; Revue Française des Cichlidophiles; pp. 4-30 (crc00144).
- Allgayer, Robert; 1991; "Vieja argentea (Pisces, Teleostei, Cichlidae) une espèce nouvelle d'Amérique centrale"; Revue Française des Cichlidophiles; v.114, pp. 2-15 (crc00017).
- Meek, Seth Eugene; 1905; "A collection of fishes from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec"; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington; 18; pp. 243-246 (crc00253).
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