Gymnogeophagus
| Gymnogeophagus | |
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| Gymnogeophagus balzanii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Geophagini |
| Subtribe: | Geophagina |
| Genus: | Gymnogeophagus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Gymnogeophagus cyanopterus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
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| Geographic range of genus Gymnogeophagus | |
Gymnogeophagus is a genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from various river basins (notably Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos–Mirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.
Species[]
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguayan eartheater)
- (, 1891) (Argentine eartheater)
- , 2006
- , & , 2000
- Gymnogeophagus constellatus , & R. E. dos Reis, 2015[3]
- (, 1870) (Smooth-cheek eartheater)
- Alonso et al., 2019[4]
- (, 1870) (Earth eater)
- R. E. dos Reis & , 1988
- Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos , & R. E. dos Reis, 2015[3]
- Gymnogeophagus mekinos , & R. E. dos Reis, 2015[3]
- R. E. dos Reis & , 1988
- Gymnogeophagus missioneiro , & R. E. dos Reis, 2015[3]
- Gymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus , & R. E. dos Reis, 2015[3]
- (, 1870) (Stripe-fin eartheater)
- R. E. dos Reis, & , 1992
- , , & , 2016[5]
- Gymnogeophagus tiraparae , & , 2009[6]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Gymnogeophagus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Gymnogeophagus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ a b c d e Malabarba, L.R., Malabarba, M.C. & Reis, R.E. (2015). "Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (4): 637–662. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140188.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Alonso, F., G.E. Terán, G. Aguilera, O. Říčan, J. Casciotta, W.S. Serra, A. Almirón, M.F. Benítez, I. García and J.M. Mirande (2019). Description of A New Species of the Neotropical Cichlid Genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the Middle Paraná Basin, Misiones, Argentina. PLoS ONE. 14(2): e0210166. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210166
- ^ Loureiro, M., Zarucki, M., Malabarba, L.R. & González-Bergonzoni, I. (2016): A new species of Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro from Uruguay (Teleostei: Cichliformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e150082.
- ^ González-Bergonzoni, I., Loureiro, M. & Oviedo, S. (2009). "A new species of Gymnogeophagus from the río Negro and río Tacuarí basins, Uruguay (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (1): 19–24. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252009000100003.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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