Archocentrus

Taxobox
name = "Archocentrus"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = A convict cichlid, formerly considered a species in the genus "Archocentrus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Archocentrus"

"Archocentrus" is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. The genus currently contains 3 species. [cite web|url=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1399|title=Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera|accessdate=2008-06-27] It formerly included 7 of the species now included in the genus Cryptoheros, as well as the convict cichlid, now included in the genus Amatitlania. [cite web|title=Archocentrus - Fish Base|url=http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp|accessdate-2008-10-07]

pecies

*"Archocentrus centrarchus" Gill, 1877 [cite web|title=Archocentrus centrarchus - Fish Base|url=http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp|accessdate=2008-10-07]
*Rainbow cichlid, "Archocentrus multispinosus", Günther, 1867 [cite web|title=Archocentrus multispinosus - Fish Base|url=http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp|accessdate=2008-10-07]
*"Archocentrus spinosissimus" Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902 [cite web|title=Archocentrus spinosissimus - Fish Base|url=http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp|accessdate=2008-10-07]

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