Species that contain: Cichlasoma and melanurus [ 3 ] records

hicklingi, Cichlaurus Fowler [H. W.] 1956:1, Fig. 1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 288; ref. 12190] Mussell Creek, Belize River, Banking Pot, Central Farm, Belize. Holotype: ANSP 73891. Paratypes: ANSP 73892-95 (4); LACM 8990-1 (3); Science Museum, Inst. of Jamaica [ex ANSP 73896-73900] (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:58 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs 1935 -- (Conkel 1993:150 [ref. 22949], Fuller et al. 1999:428 [ref. 25838]). •Synonym of Vieja synspilum (Hubbs 1935) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:646 [ref. 27061] as synspila, Miller 2006:385 [ref. 28615] as synspila). •Synonym of Paraneetroplus synspilum (Hubbs 1935) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1299 [ref. 31111] as synspila based on generic placement of synspila). •Synonym of Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862). Current status: Synonym of Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melanurus, Heros Günther [A.] 1862:288 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Lake Petén, Guatemala. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.82. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.78-81 (4). The specific name melanurus [black tail] is an indeclinable noun. Lectotype designated by McMahan et al. 2011:10 [ref. 33481]. •Valid as Cichlasoma melanurus (Günther 1862) -- (Gamboa Pérez 1992:324 [ref. 38704] as melanorum, Conkel 1993:146 [ref. 22949] as melanurum). •Valid as Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther 1862) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111] as melanura, McMahan et al. 2011:1 [ref. 33481], Paepke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33351], Barrientos et al. 2015:4 [ref. 37653]). •Valid as Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862) -- (Burgess 2000:50 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:646 [ref. 27061], McMahan et al. 2015:216 [ref. 33920] as melanura, Říčan et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34357] as melanura, Robins et al. 2018:400 [ref. 35886] as melanura, Moral-Flores et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36020] as melanura, Morgenstern 2018:263 [ref. 36331], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800] as melanura, Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:242 [ref. 39506], Chan et al. 2023:148 [ref. 40365], Page et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America and Central America: Atlantic Slope of Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. Established in Florida and Puerto Rico (U.S.A.); introduced in Singapore and Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

synspilum, Cichlasoma Hubbs [C. L.] 1935:13, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 28; ref. 11676] San Pedro de Mártir, a tributary of Río Usumacinta, Department of Petén, Guatemala. Holotype (unique): UMMZ 95518. The specific name synspilum [fused blotch] is an undeclinable noun. •Valid as Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs 1935 -- (Gamboa Pérez 1992:325 [ref. 38704], Conkel 1993:150 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:70 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:204 [ref. 22947], Fuller et al. 1999:428 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Vieja synspilum (Hubbs 1935) -- (Burgess 2000:50 [ref. 24818] as synspila, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:646 [ref. 27061] as synspila, Miller 2006:384 [ref. 28615] as synspila, Chakrabarty 2007:22 [ref. 29359] as synspila). •Valid as Paraneetroplus synspilum (Hubbs 1935) -- (McMahan et al. 2010:1298 [ref. 31111] as synspila, Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989] as synspilus). •Synonym of Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther 1862) -- (McMahan et al. 2011:1 [ref. 33481], Paepke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33351]). •Synonym of Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862). Current status: Synonym of Vieja melanurus (Günther 1862). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.