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: Astatheros
Species: Astatheros macracanthus
Name
Astatheros macracanthus (Günther, 1864)
Syntypes: (about 12) BMNH 1864.1.26.197-200 (4), 1864.1.26.252-254 (3) Chiapas, 1864.1.26.368 (1) Huamuchal, 1864.1.26.255 (1, skeleton); ZMB 6259 (1).
Type locality: Chiapas and Huamuchal, Guatemala.
Synonyms
Heros macracanthus Günther, 1864
Cichlasoma macracanthum (Günther, 1864) -- Conkel, 1993
Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther, 1864) -- Burgess, 2000
Heros (Cichlasoma) heterodontus Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902
Cichlasoma evermanni Meek, 1904
Cichlasoma meeki Hildebrand, 1925
Cichlasoma guija Hildebrand, 1934
Vernacular names
English: Blackthroat Cichlid
References
Günther, A. 1864. Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1): 144–154. BHL Reference page.
Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. 2016. Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology 66(1): 1–102. PDF. Reference page.
Links
Astatheros macracanthus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Astatheros macracanthus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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