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: Parachromis
Species: P. dovii – P. friedrichsthalii – P. loisellei – P. managuensis – P. motaguensis
Name
Parachromis Agassiz, 1859: 408
Gender: masculine
Type species: Parachromis gulosus Agassiz, 1859 [species not available, =Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867)].
Type by monotypy.
References
Agassiz, L. 1859. [Remarks on new fishes from Lake Nicaragua.] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6 (1856–1859): 407–408. BHL
Kullander, S.O. & Hartel, K.E. 1997. The systematic status of cichlid genera described by Louis Agassiz in 1859: Amphilophus, Baiodon, Hypsophrys and Parachromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters 7(3): 193–202.
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.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Parachromis is a genus of cichlids native to Central America. Some species occur in Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. All species are predatory and relatively large for cichlids.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Parachromis dovii (Günther, 1864) (Wolf cichlid, Guapote)
Parachromis friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) (Yellowjacket cichlid)
Parachromis loisellei (W. A. Bussing, 1989)
Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867) (Jaguar cichlid, Jaguar guapote)
Parachromis motaguensis (Günther, 1867) (False yellowjacket cichlid)
Confusingly, a review in 2018 of the type specimen of P. friedrichsthalii showed that this actually is the species that commonly has been referred to as P. loisellei. As a result, P. loisellei becomes a junior synonym of P. friedrichsthalii, while the yellowjacket cichlid that formerly was incorrectly referred to as P. friedrichsthalii should be referred to as P. multifasciatus.[2]
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parachromis". FishBase. October 2019 version.
Morgenstern, P. (2018). "Fishes collected by Emanuel Ritter von Friedrichsthal in Central America between 1838–1841". Vertebrate Zoology. 68 (3): 253–267. doi:10.3897/vz.68.e31614.
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