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Plataxoides dumerilii de Castelnau, 1855

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Considered a synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823)

  • Kullander, Sven. 1986. "Cichlid Fishes of the Amazon River Drainage of Peru". Swedish Museum of Natural History. Cichlids Amazon. 1-431 (crc00282)

Original description as Plataxoides dumerilii:

ZooBank:E83D9849-F74F-40A3-AEC3-3A0628E183D4.

  • de Laporte de Castelnau, Francis. 1855. "Poissons". Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pen. I-XII + 1-112 (crc00186)