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Geophagus  Heckel, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169914

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): earth eaters [English]
  
    eartheater 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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyCichlidae  – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce  
                                     GenusGeophagus Heckel, 1840 – earth eaters, eartheater cichlids  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus abalios López-Fernández and Taphorn, 2004  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus argyrostictus Kullander, 1991  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus brachybranchus Kullander and Nijssen, 1989  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus brasiliensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) – pearl eartheater, pearl cichlid 
                                        SpeciesGeophagus brokopondo Kullander and Nijssen, 1989  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus camopiensis Pellegrin, 1903  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus crassilabris Steindachner, 1876  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus dicrozoster López-Fernández and Taphorn, 2004  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus grammepareius Kullander and Taphorn in Kullander, Royero and Taphorn, 1992  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus harreri Gosse, 1976  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus iporangensis Haseman, 1911  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus itapicuruensis Haseman, 1911  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus megasema Heckel, 1840  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus obscurus (Castelnau, 1855)  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus proximus (Castelnau, 1855)  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus steindachneri Eigenmann and Hildebrand in Eigenmann, 1922  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) – redstriped eartheater 
                                        SpeciesGeophagus taeniopareius Kullander and Royero in Kullander, Royero and Taphorn, 1992  
                                        SpeciesGeophagus winemilleri López-Fernández and Taphorn, 2004  
       

 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: Geophagus    
       
  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: Geophagus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geophagus   
       
  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: Geophagus   
       
  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: Geophagus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geophagus   
       

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