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Species related to Astatheros macracanthus: [ 5 ] records


guija, Cichlasoma Hildebrand [S. F.] 1934:192 [Copeia 1934 (no. 4); ref. 16427] Lake Guija, El Salvador. Holotype: USNM 87301. Paratypes: Gov't of El Salvador [ex USNM 87306-07] (1, 3), FMNH 12142-47 [ex USNM 87302] (6, now 5), 12148-50 [ex USNM] (3), 12151 [ex USNM] (1), 12152-54 [ex USNM] (0, 1, 1); UMMZ [ex FMNH 12142] (1), 162481 [ex FMNH 12152] (1); USNM 87302-11 (19, 5, 1, 0, 0, 6, 27, 2, 32, 1). Replacement name for Cichlasoma meeki Hildebrand 1925, preoccupied by Thorichthys helleri meeki Brind 1918 when treated as congeneric. •Valid as Cichlasoma guija Hildebrand 1934 -- (Conkel 1993:84 [ref. 22949]). •Synonym of Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:611 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

heterodontus, Heros (Cichlasoma) Vaillant [L. L.] & Pellegrin [J.] 1902:86 [2] [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 14896] Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Syntypes: MNHN A-9528 (3). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:213 [ref. 20868]. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:611 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Fricke et al. 2024:386 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

macracanthus, Heros Günther [A.] 1864:153 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Chiapas (Mexico) and Huamuchal (Guatemala). 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 catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:269 [ref. 32895]. •Valid as Cichlasoma macracanthum (Günther 1864) -- (Conkel 1993:91 [ref. 22949], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:68 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:152 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Burgess 2000:54 [ref. 24818], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:611 [ref. 27061], Miller et al. 2006:360 [ref. 28615], Chakrabarty 2007:21 [ref. 29359], McMahan et al. 2013:451 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32708], ? Kottelat 2013:373 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Říčan et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34357], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:294 [ref. 36544], Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:237 [ref. 39506], Barraza et al. 2022:210 [ref. 40101], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:386 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Southern North America and Central America: Pacific slope from Rio Tehuantepec (Mexico) south to western Guatemala and El Salvador. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

meeki, Cichlasoma Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:275, Fig. 20 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 41 (no. 985); ref. 15590] Lake Guija, El Salvador. Holotype: USNM 87301. Paratypes: Gov't of El Salvador [ex USNM 87306-07] (1, 3), FMNH 12142-47 [ex USNM 87302] (6, now 5), 12148-50 [ex USNM] (3), 12151 [ex USNM] (1), 12152-54 [ex USNM] (0, 1, 1); UMMZ [ex FMNH 12142] (1), 162481 [ex FMNH 12152] (1); USNM 87302-11 (19, 5, 1, 0, 0, 6, 27, 2, 32, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:26 [ref. 12367]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Thorichthys helleri meeki Brind 1918, replaced by Cichlasoma guija Hildebrand 1934 [ref. 16427]. •Synonym of Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:611 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

evermanni, Cichlasoma Meek [S. E.] 1904:214, Fig. 70 [Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series v. 5; ref. 2958] Río Tehuantepec at Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Holotype: FMNH 4727 [not 4227]. Paratypes: FMNH 4728 (4), 72619 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:25 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Cichlasoma trimaculatum (Günther 1864) -- (Conkel 1993:132 [ref. 22949]). •Synonym of Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:611 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864) -- (Fricke et al. 2024:386 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Astatheros macracanthus (Günther 1864). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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