Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Acaronia
Species: A. nassa – A. vultuosa
Name
Acaronia Myers, 1940
Type species: A. nassa
References
Myers, G.M. 1940. Suppression of Acaropsis and Chalcinus, two preoccupied generic names of South American fresh-water fishes. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin. 1 (5): 170.
Acaronia is a small genus of cichlids found in the Amazon, Orinoco and other basins in northern South America.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840) (Bigeye cichlid)
Acaronia vultuosa S. O. Kullander, 1989
References
"Acaronia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acaronia". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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