Gymnogeophagus

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Gymnogeophagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Geophaginae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Eigenmann , 1907
Species

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Gymnogeophagus is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to South America.[1]

[edit] Species

There are currently nine described species of Gymnogeophagus.[2]

  • Gymnogeophagus australis (Eigenmann, 1907)
  • Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891)
  • Gymnogeophagus che (Casciotta, Gómez & Toresanni, 2000)
  • Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys (Hensel, 1870)
  • Gymnogeophagus labiatus (Hensel, 1870)
  • Gymnogeophagus lacustris (Reis & Malabarba, 1988)
  • Gymnogeophagus meridionalis (Reis & Malabarba, 1988)
  • Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus (Hensel, 1870)
  • Gymnogeophagus setequedas (Reis, Malabarba & Pavanelli, 1992)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer W.. Catalog of Fishes. Calafornia Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
  2. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. Fishbase.org. FishBase. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
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