Cribroheros alfari

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: Cribroheros
Species: Cribroheros alfari

Name

Cribroheros alfari (Meek, 1907)

• Holotype: FMNH 6032.
• Paratypes: FMNH 6033 (3, plus 1 outside size range given in orig. descr.).

Type locality: Turrialba, Costa Rica.

Synonyms

• Cichlasoma alfari Meek, 1907
  • Amphilophus alfari (Meek, 1907) -- Loiselle, 1997
  • Astatheros alfari (Meek, 1907) -- Bussing, 1998

Vernacular names

English: Pastel Cichlid

References

• Meek, S.E. 1907. Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series 7(5): 133–157. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Cribroheros alfari in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Cribroheros alfari in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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