IRMNG - Astronotus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG taxon details

Astronotus Swainson, 1839

IRMNG_ID

1385489 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1385489)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Acara Heckel, 1840 · unaccepted

Hygrogonus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted

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Species Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)
Species Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
Species Astronotus crassipinis (Heckel, 1840) accepted as Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)
Species Astronotus dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) accepted as Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840)
Species Astronotus friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) accepted as Parachromis friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840)
Species Astronotus orbiculatus Haseman, 1911 accepted as Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
Species Astronotus troscheli (Steindachner, 1867) accepted as Cichlasoma troschelii (Steindachner, 1867)
Species Astronotus urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) accepted as Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)
Species Astronotus vittatus (Heckel, 1840) accepted as Bujurquina vittata (Heckel, 1840)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

N. H. Fishes etc., 2, 173
page(s): 229 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Crenilabrus).

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Crenilabrus). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Astronotus Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1385489 on 2025-01-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description N. H. Fishes etc., 2, 173
page(s): 229 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Hygrogonus Günther, 1862) Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 4, 265
page(s): 303 [details]

original description (of Acara Heckel, 1840) Ann. Wiener Mus., 2 [3]
page(s): 338 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Subfamily Cichlinae [details]

Taxonomic remark (as subgenus of Crenilabrus). [details]

Type species as cited Lobotes ocellatus Agassiz 1831 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Acara Heckel, 1840)
To WoRMS