Archocentrus
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]
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Scientific 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 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
- 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. S2CID 257203657. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Archocentrus in FishBase. December 2021 version.
- "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Archocentrus in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- 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.
- 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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