Geophagus

Taxobox
name = "Geophagus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Geophagus surinamensis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Geophagus"
genus_authority = Heckel, 1840
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Geophagus" is a genus cichlids. The genus is currently polyphyletic and in need of further taxonomic revision. Some geophagine cichlids previously included in this genus have been reallocated to "Gymnogeophagus" or "Satanoperca".

pecies

FishBase lists 22 species [FishBase genus | genus = Geophagus | month = May | year = 2006] and recently two new species were added bringing the total to 24 species:
* "Geophagus abalios" López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
* "Geophagus acuticeps" Heckel, 1840.
* "Geophagus altifrons" Heckel, 1840.
* "Geophagus argyrostictus" Kullander, 1991.
* "Geophagus brachybranchus" Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
* "Geophagus brasiliensis" (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
* "Geophagus brokopondo" Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
* "Geophagus camopiensis" Pellegrin, 1903.
* "Geophagus crassilabris" Steindachner, 1876.
* "Geophagus dicrozoster" López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
* "Geophagus gottwaldi" Schindler & Staeck, 2006. [Schindler, Ingo & Staeck, Wolfgang (2006): "Geophagus gottwaldi" sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the upper rio Orinoco in Venezuela. "Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden)" 56: 91-97 [http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/Zool_Abh/06_Staeck.pdf PDF fulltext] ]
* "Geophagus grammepareius" Kullander & Taphorn, 1992.
* "Geophagus harreri" Gosse, 1976.
* "Geophagus iporangensis" Haseman, 1911.
* "Geophagus itapicuruensis" Haseman, 1911.
* "Geophagus jurupari" Heckel, 1840.
* "Geophagus megasema" Heckel, 1840.
* "Geophagus obscurus" (Castelnau, 1855).
* "Geophagus parnaibae" Staeck & Schindler, 2006. [Staeck, Wolfgang & Schindler, Ingo (2006): "Geophagus parnaibae" sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the rio Parnaiba basin, Brazil. "Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden)" 55: 69-75 [http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/Zool_Abh/zool_abh_55_2005_69-75.pdf PDF fulltext] ]
* "Geophagus pellegrini" Regan, 1912.
* "Geophagus proximus" (Castelnau, 1855).
* "Geophagus steindachneri" Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1910.
* "Geophagus surinamensis" (Bloch, 1791).
* "Geophagus taeniopareius" Kullander & Royero, 1992.
* "Geophagus winemilleri" López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.

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