Species that contain: Geophagus and brasiliensis [ 10 ] records

brasiliensis, Chromis Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:286 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rio de Janeiro Bay, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9503. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:204 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as 'Geophagus' brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561]). •Valid as Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Malabarba 1989:166 [ref. 14217], Casatti & Castro 1998:232 [ref. 23663], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], Fuller et al. 1999:429 [ref. 25838], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:50 [ref. 35565], Koerber et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35083], Koerber et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35632], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35679], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36506], Koerber et al. 2019:11 [ref. 36736], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:6 [ref. 39606], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Chuctaya et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39723], Carvalho-Filho 2023:197 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:34 [ref. 40710], Chan et al. 2023:144 [ref. 40365], Silva-Sene et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41784], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:53 [ref. 41258] as cf. brasiliensis). Current status: Valid as Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: coastal drainages (southeastern Brazil). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

brasiliensis, Geophagus Kner [R.] 1865:266, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 18427] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 23044-45 (1, 1). •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:209 [ref. 34048]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Bahia, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gymnopoma, Acara Günther [A.] 1862:278 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1842.8.18.8. Non-types: ZMB 9076 (1). •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

iporangensis, Geophagus brasiliensis var. Haseman [J. D.] 1911:364, Pl. 71 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (nos 3-4) (18); ref. 12510] Mountain streams of Rio Ribeira de Iguapé, Iporanga, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54202 [ex CM 2792a]. Paratypes: (4) FMNH 54203 [ex CM 2792] (3). Type catalog: Henn 1928:95 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:38 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:35 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as 'Geophagus' iporangensis Haseman 1911 -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561], dos Reis et al. 2020:472 [ref. 38364]). •Valid as Geophagus iporangensis Haseman 1911 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Brandão et al. 2022:207 [ref. 40464], Chuctaya et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39723], Giora & Wingert 2023:116 [ref. 41026], Loureiro et al. 2023:146 [ref. 40506], Gomes et al. 2024:58 [ref. 42631]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus iporangensis Haseman 1911. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: coastal drainages (southeastern Brazil and Uruguay). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

itapicuruensis, Geophagus brasiliensis var. Haseman [J. D.] 1911:365, Pl. 72 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (nos 3-4) (18); ref. 12510] Rio Itapicurú at Queimadas, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54365 [ex CM 2793a]. Paratypes: FMNH 54204-05 (1, 1), 54366 (4), 54378 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:95 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:38 [ref. 12367]. Originally as itapicuruënsis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:35 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as 'Geophagus' itapicuruensis Haseman 1911 -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561]). •Valid as Geophagus itapicuruensis Haseman 1911 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:53 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus itapicuruensis Haseman 1911. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Itapicuru River drainage, Bahia State (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

minuta, Acara Hensel [R.] 1870:53 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 36 (pt. 1); ref. 18277] Pool in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. Syntypes: ZMB 7453 (2), 22298 (3). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:260 [ref. 32895] •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Malabarba 1989:166 [ref. 14217], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Paepke & Schindler 2013:260 [ref. 32895], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

obscura, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:14, Pl. 6 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Paraguassu, Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-9511 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:205 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:46 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as 'Geophagus' obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Argolo et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37561]). •Valid as Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048], Mattos & Costa 2018:336 [ref. 36009], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:53 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Paraguaçu River basin, Bahia State (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

steindachneri, Geophagus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] in Eigenmann 1910:478 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America v. 3 (pt 4); ref. 1224] Río Cauca near Caceres, Colombia. Holotype (unique): NMW 23289-90 [largest species]. Steindachner's specimen: NMW 23289-90 (1, smallest). New name for Geophagus brasiliensis Steindachner 1880:56 [ref. 14403] non brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard. First appeared as name only in Eigenmann 1909:317 [ref. 1223]. Later in more detail in Eigenmann 1922:195 and Pl. 32 (fig. 3) [ref. 1243]. Based on literature source. •Synonym of Geophagus hondae Regan 1912 -- (Gosse 1976:82 [ref. 7029] with date 1922). •Valid as Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand 1910 -- (Gosse & Kullander 1981:15 [ref. 40995], Galvis et al. 1997:110 [ref. 23651], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:98 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand 1910. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Magdalena, Cauca, and Sinú River basins and Limón River, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

unimaculata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:13, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9506. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:34 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

unipunctata, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:13, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Paraguassu, Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-9505 (3). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Gosse 1976:34 [ref. 7029]). •Synonym of Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:633 [ref. 27061], Mattos et al. 2015:219 [ref. 34048]). Current status: Synonym of Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau 1855). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.