CATALOG COUNTS: Number of taxa listed in the species catalog.
Number of taxa in the catalog
Cichlidae | Genera | Species | |||
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Geographic area | Valid | Valid | Undescribed | Sum | Synonyms |
North America | 33 | 109 | 1 | 110 | 78 |
South America | 50 | 448 | 45 | 493 | 150 |
Africa | 172 | 1,183 | 579 | 1,762 | 268 |
Asia | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Sums | 258 | 1,745 | 625 | 2,370 | 500 |
A genus is assigned to an area when the type locality of the type species is found within that area, for a species to be considered in one area the type locality must be in that area. The number of potentially undescribed species is obtained using the policies of the site.