Archocentrus

Archocentrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Archocentrus
T. N. Gill, 1877
Species:
A. centrarchus
Binomial name
Archocentrus centrarchus
(T. N. Gill, 1877)

Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America. It currently contains a single species, the flier cichlid (Archocentrus centrarchus), which is found in stagnant and slow-moving freshwater habitats such as lakes, ponds, ditches, swamps and rivers in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.[2][3] It is up to 11 cm (4.3 in) long and feeds on invertebrates and detritus.[3]

Archocentrus formerly included some of the species now included in the genera Cryptoheros and Amatitlania, such as the convict cichlid.[4][5][6] The rainbow cichlid was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia.[7]

References

  1. ^ Lyons, T.J.; Angulo, A. (2020). "Archocentrus centrarchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T150123428A152306166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T150123428A152306166.en. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. S2CID 257203657.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Archocentrus". FishBase. December 2021 version.
  4. ^ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Archocentrus". FishBase. April 2015 version.
  6. ^ Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1603: 1–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1603.1.1.
  7. ^ McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572. S2CID 34699955.


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