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Species in the genus Pterophyllum: [ 6 ] records

altum, Pterophyllum Pellegrin [J.] 1903:124 [5] [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 15037] Atabapo, Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Syntypes: BMNH 1904.6.28.2-3 [ex MNHN] (2); MHNLR P.261 (1); MNHN 1887-0571 to 0574 (4), 1887-0579 and 0580 (5, 5) Type catalog: Blanc 1962:220-221 [ref. 20868], Aloncle 1968:687-688 [ref. 20713]. On p. 5 of separate. •Valid as Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin 1903 -- (Keith et al. 2000:208 [ref. 24547], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061], Schindler 2003:84 [ref. 27489], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35633], Lasso & Machado-Allison 2024:170 [ref. 42465]). Current status: Valid as Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin 1903. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

dumerilii, Plataxoides Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:21, Pl. 11 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MNHN A-0254. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:220 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823) -- (Kullander 1986:210 [ref. 12439], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

eimekei, Pterophyllum Ahl [E.] 1928:31, Fig. [Das Aquarium: eine Zeitschrift mit Bildern für Liebhaber, Schulen und Naturfreunde, Berlin 1928 (no. 2); ref. 35573] Rio Negro of Amazon River. Syntypes: MNHN [ex ZMB] 1929-0012 (1), ZMB 32396 (orig. 5, now 4). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:221 [ref. 20868], Paepke & Schindler 2013:270 [ref. 32895] with a holotype as largest in ZMB 32396.. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:96 [ref. 21847]. Described in more detail by Ahl 1928:252 [ref. 15830]. •Uncertain in genus Pterophyllum -- (Schindler 2001:74 [ref. 38783]). •Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823) -- (Kullander 1986:210 [ref. 12439], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061], Schindler 2003:83 [ref. 27489], Paepke & Schindler 2013:270 [ref. 32895]). Current status: Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

leopoldi, Plataxoides Gosse [J.-P.] 1963:4, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique v. 39 (no. 35); ref. 19136] Furo du village de Cuia, left bank of Rio Solimões, about 90 kilometers upstreams of the Manacapuru, Brazil. Holotype: IRSNB 459. Paratypes: IRSNB 460 (orig. 27, now 26). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:37 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse 1963) -- (Keith et al. 2000:208 [ref. 24547], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35679], Taphorn et al. 2022:34 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse 1963). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and Essequibo River basin (Brazil and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

scalaris, Platax Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:237 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Brazil. Holotype: ZMB 1347. See Paepke & Schindler 2002:177 [ref. 26058]. •Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823) -- (Kullander 1986:210 [ref. 12439], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

scalaris, Zeus Schultze [F.] in Lichtenstein 1823:114 [Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin, nebst Beschreibung...; ref. 17525] Lower Amazon River, Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 2833. Possible paralectotypes: ZMB 1347 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:270 [ref. 32895]. Lectotype selected by Paepke & Schindler 2002:178, 181 [ref. 26058]. Authorship follows Paepke & Schindler 2002:178 [ref. 26058]. •Valid as Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:210 [ref. 12439], Fuller et al. 1999:444 [ref. 25838], Keith et al. 2000:208 [ref. 24547], Paepke & Schindler 2002:178 [ref. 26058], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:641 [ref. 27061], Schindler 2003:82 [ref. 27489], Mundy 2005:422 [ref. 28379], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:53 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:34 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze 1823). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Peru); introduced in Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.