Hypsophrys

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Hypsophrys
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis.jpg
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Hypsophrys
Agassiz, 1859
Type species
Hypsophrys unimaculatus
Agassiz, 1859

Hypsophrys is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America.

Species[]

There have been two recognized species in this genus:[1]

The poor man's tropheus had previously been considered to be in the separate monotypic genus Neetroplus before it was brought into Hypsophrys in 2007.[2] However, genetic analysis by Oldřich Říčan, et al. in 2016 demonstrated that the poor man's tropheus should be in a separate genus and resurrected Neetroplus, restating the old scientific name Neetroplus nematopus.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hypsophrys in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. ^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  3. ^ Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. Retrieved 2019-01-25.


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