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Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169774

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	American cichlids [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Labroidei – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets
	Family	Cichlidae – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce
	Genus	Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839 – American cichlids
		Direct Children:
	Species	Cichlasoma aguadae Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma alborum Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma amarum Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma amazonarum Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma araguaiense Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma atromaculatus Regan, 1912
	Species	Cichlasoma autochthon (Günther, 1862)
	Species	Cichlasoma beani (Jordan, 1889) – green guapote, mojarra de Sinaloa, Sinaloa cichlid
	Species	Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) – black acara, twospotted cichlid
	Species	Cichlasoma bocourti (Vaillant and Pellegrin, 1902)
	Species	Cichlasoma boliviense Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma cienagae Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma conchitae Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)
	Species	Cichlasoma ericymba Hubbs, 1938
	Species	Cichlasoma facetum (Jenyns, 1842) – chanchito, chanchito
	Species	Cichlasoma festae (Boulenger, 1899)
	Species	Cichlasoma geddesi (Regan, 1905)
	Species	Cichlasoma gephyra Eigenmann, 1922
	Species	Cichlasoma grammodes Taylor and Miller, 1980 – Chiapa de Corzo cichlid, mojarra del Chiapa de Corzo
	Species	Cichlasoma istlanum (Jordan and Snyder, 1899) – mojarra del Balsas, redside cichlid
	Species	Cichlasoma mayorum Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma mento (Vaillant and Pellegrin, 1902)
	Species	Cichlasoma microlepis Dahl, 1960
	Species	Cichlasoma octofasciata (Regan, 1903)
	Species	Cichlasoma orientale Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma orinocense Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma ornata (Regan, 1905)
	Species	Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma portalegrensis (Hensel, 1870)
	Species	Cichlasoma pusillum Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma ramsdeni Fowler, 1938
	Species	Cichlasoma salvini (Günther, 1862) – Salvin's cichlid, yellowbelly cichlid, guapote tricolor
	Species	Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense Kullander, 1983
	Species	Cichlasoma scitulum Rican and Kullander, 2003
	Species	Cichlasoma stenozonum Hubbs, 1936
	Species	Cichlasoma taenia (Bennett, 1831)
	Species	Cichlasoma tembe Casciotta, Gómez and Toresanni, 1995
	Species	Cichlasoma trimaculatum (Günther, 1867) – threespot cichlid, mojarra prieta
	Species	Cichlasoma troschelii (Steindachner, 1867)
	Species	Cichlasoma ufermanni (Allgayer, 2002) – mojarra del Usumacinta, Usumacinta cichlid
	Species	Cichlasoma urophthalma (Günther, 1862)
	Species	Cichlasoma zebra Hubbs, 1936

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Cichlasoma

Geographic Information


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Comments


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