Family Cichlidae (Cichlids) - Sven Kullander

Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America
bulleri Regan, 1905. Type by monotypy. Gender: masculine.
Paraneetroplus bulleri Regan, 1905
Paraneetroplus Bulleri Regan, 1905a: 436. Type locality: Rio de
Sarabia, Mexico. Holotype: BMNH 1890.10.10.94.
Maximum length: 25.5 cm SL
Distribution: North America: Atlantic slope, in the Coatzacoalcos
River drainage.
Countries: Mexico
Common names: Corrientero (Mexico)
Paraneetroplus gibbiceps (Steindachner, 1864)
Heros gibbiceps Steindachner, 1864: 66, pl. 5 (fig. 1-2). Type
locality: Mejico, im Teapa-Flusse (Staat Tabasco). Syntypes:
NMW 17360-61 (2), 17367 (1), 58799 (1).
Cichlasoma teapae Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902: 156, fig. 6.
Type locality: Rio Teapa at Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. Holotype:
USNM 50005.
Paraneetroplus omonti Allgayer, 1988: 13, fig. p. 15. Type locality:
près du pont, sur le Rio Tulija traversé par la route Palenqué-
Ococingo, Chiapas, Mexique. Holotype: MNHN 1987-1474.
Maximum length: 23 cm SL
Distribution: North America: Atlantic slope, in the Usumacinta
River basin.
Countries: Mexico
Common names: Corrientero verde (Mexico), Roquera (Mexico)
Paraneetroplus nebuliferus (Günther, 1860)
Chromis nebulifera Günther, 1860a: 318. Type locality: Fresh
waters of Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.6.17.31-33 (3).
Cichlasoma eigenmanni Meek, 1902: 119, pl. 30. Type locality:
Rio Tehuacan, Venta Salada, Pueblo, Mexico. Holotype: FMNH
3712.
Maximum length: 20 cm TL
Distribution: North America: Atlantic slope, in the Papaloapán
River basin.
Countries: Mexico
Common names: Chonga (Mexico), Playero (Mexico)
PETENIA
Petenia Günther, 1862: 301. Type species: Petenia splendida
Günther, 1862. Type by monotypy. Gender: feminine.
Petenia splendida Günther, 1862
Petenia splendida Günther, 1862: 301. Type locality: Lake Peten.
Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.103-105 (3).
Maximum length: 50 cm SL
Distribution: North and Central America: Atlantic slope of Grijalva
River to Usumacinta River (Mexico), Usumacinta River
(Guatemala), and Belize.
Countries: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Common names: Bay snook (Belize), Blanco (Belize), Tenguajagua
(Mexico), Tenguayaca (Mexico)
PTEROPHYLLUM
Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840: 334. Type species: Platax scalaris
Cuvier, 1831. Type by monotypy. Gender: neuter.
Plataxoïdes Castelnau, 1855: 21. Type species: Plataxoides dumerilii
Castelnau, 1855. Type by monotypy. Gender: masculine.
Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903
Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903: 125. Type locality: Atabapo
(Orénoque). Syntypes: BMNH 1904.6.28.2-3 [ex MNHN] (2
spms.); MHNLR P.261 (1); MNHN 1887-571 to 574 (4), 1887-
579 and 580 (14 spms.)
Maximum length: 6.5 cm SL
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, in the upper
Negro River drainage; Orinoco River basin, in tributaries of the
upper Orinoco River (Inírida and Atabapo Rivers) to Puerto Ayacucho.
Countries: Colombia, Venezuela
Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse, 1963)
Plataxoides leopoldi Gosse, 1963: 4, pl. 1 (fig. 2). Type locality:
Furo du village de Cuia (rive gauche du Solimôes à environ 90
km en amont de Manacapuru). Holotype: IRSNB 459.
Maximum length: 5 cm SL
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, along the
Solimões-Amazon River between about Manacapuru and Santarém;
Rupununi River in the Essequibo River drainage in Guyana.
Countries: Brazil, Guyana
Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze, 1823)
Zeus scalaris Schultze in Lichtenstein, 1823: 114. Type locality:
Or. Brazil. Types: No types located with certainty, ZMB 1347
possibly part of type series; ZMB 2833 selected as lectotype by
Paepke & Schindler (2002: 181).
Platax scalaris Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831: 237. Type
locality: None stated. Holotype: ZMB 1347.
Plataxoïdes dumerilii Castelnau, 1855: 21, pl. 11 (fig. 3). Type
locality: Para. Holotype: MNHN A.254.
Pterophyllum eimekei Ahl, 1928: 31, fig. p. 31. Type locality:
Mündung des Rio Negro in den Amazonenstrom. Syntypes:
ZMB uncatalogued (4) and MNHN 29-12 (1).
Maximum length: 7.5 cm SL
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, in Peru, Colombia,
and Brazil, along the Ucayali, Solimões and Amazon
rivers; rivers of Amapá State, Oyapock River in French Guiana;
Essequibo River in Guyana.
Countries: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
(introduced)
Remarks and references: Redescription based on Peruvian material
in Kullander (1986: 210), with bibliography, diagnosis, description,
distribution, and illustrations. Paepke & Schindler (2002)
discuss the authorship and putative types of Z. scalaris Schultze.
Common names: Acará bandeira (Brazil), Cara bandeira (Brazil),
Pez angel (Peru), Poson lavwèl (French Guiana)
RETROCULUS
Retroculus Eigenmann & Bray, 1894: 614. Type species: Retroculus
boulengeri Eigenmann & Bray, 1894. Type by monotypy.
Gender: masculine.
Retroculus lapidifer (Castelnau, 1855)
Chromys lapidifera Castelnau, 1855: 16, pl. 12 (fig.1). Type locality:
Rio das Mortes, Xaventina Island Matto Brosso Brazil
(originally: la grande cascade de l’Araguay (Caxoeira grande)).
Holotype: MNHN A.8321 (dry, lost). Name spelled lapidifera in
text (pp. viii and 16) and index (p. 108); lapidifer in figure caption
and list of figures (p. xi). Neotype BMNH 1970.10.28:58,
designated by (Gosse 1971: 5).
Retroculus boulengeri Eigenmann & Bray, 1894: 614. Type locality:
Brazil. Holotype: USNM 152111.
Maximum length: 20.3 cm SL
Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, in the Tocantins
and Capim River basins.
Countries: Brazil
Remarks and references: Redescription in Gosse (1971) with
bibliography, diagnosis, description, and illustration.
Retroculus septentrionalis Gosse, 1971
Retroculus septentrionalis Gosse, 1971: 11, p. 5. Type locality:
Guyane française dans le fleuve Oyapock à Saut-Alikoto (en
amont du village de Camopi). Holotype: IRSNB 515.
Maximum length: 19 cm SL
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