Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, male (left) and female (right)

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: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Hypsophrys
Species: Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

Name

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)

Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.9.23.37.

Type locality: Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua.

Synonymy

• Heros nicaraguensis Günther, 1864
• Cichlasoma nicaraguense (Günther, 1864)
• Copora nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
• Herichthys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
• Heros balteatus Gill, 1877
• Cichlasoma balteatum (Gill, 1877)
• Cichlasoma spilotum Meek, 1912

References

• Günther, A. 1864. Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1): 144–154. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Heros nicaraguensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 7, 2015.
• Hypsophrys nicaraguensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Hypsophrys nicaraguensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.