Etroplus

Etroplus

Taxonavigation

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: Etroplinae
Genus: Etroplus
Species (3): E. canarensis – E. maculatus – E. suratensis

Name

Etroplus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 486

• Type species: Etroplus meleagris Cuvier, 1830 = Chaetodon suratensis Bloch, 1790 (Bloch's species suratensis needlessly renamed meleagris by Cuvier)
• Type by subsequent designation of Desmarest, 1856: 223
• Gender: masculine

Synonyms

• Chaetolabrus Swainson, 1839
• Pseudetroplus Bleeker, 1862

References

• Cuvier in Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1830: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons, 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Etroplus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Etroplus.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus