IRMNG - Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840

IRMNG taxon details

Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840

IRMNG_ID

1333688 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1333688)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Plataxoides Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted

Pterophillum · unaccepted

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Species Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903
Species Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse, 1963)
Species Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Species Pterophyllum dumerilii (Castelnau, 1855) accepted as Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Species Pterophyllum eimekei Ahl, 1928 accepted as Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ann. Wiener Mus., 2 [3]
page(s): 334 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Not preoccupied (see Myers 1940). Species scalaris as senior objective synonym from Myers, not verified. (Eschmeyer).

Taxonomic remark Not preoccupied (see Myers 1940). Species scalaris as senior objective synonym from Myers, not verified. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333688 on 2024-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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original description Ann. Wiener Mus., 2 [3]
page(s): 334 [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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 Plataxoides Castelnau, 1855) Exp. Amér. Sud, (7) 2
page(s): 21 [details]

From other sources

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

Subfamily Cichlinae [details]

Taxonomic remark Not preoccupied (see Myers 1940). Species scalaris as senior objective synonym from Myers, not verified. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Platax scalaris Cuvier 1831 (= Zeus scalaris Lichtenstein 1823) [details]

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