Astatheros macracanthus, the blackthroat cichlid, is a species of cichlid freshwater fish from southern Mexico and northern Central America.[1] It is the only recognized species in the genus Astatheros, but it was originally described in Heros, then for a long period included in Cichlasoma and until 2008 it was typically included in Amphilophus. Several other species have also been placed in Astatheros in the past, but they are now generally placed in Cribroheros.[2] This blackthroat cichlid is omnivorous and reaches up to 25 cm (10 in) in standard length.[1]
| Astatheros | |
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| Astatheros macracanthus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Astatheros Pellegrin, 1904 |
| Species: | A. macracanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| Astatheros macracanthus (Günther, 1864)
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References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Astatheros macracanthus". FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ^ Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K., and Novák, J. (2016). Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology 66 (1): 1-102.
External links
edit- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2019.