Parachromis

<i>Parachromis</i>

Parachromis

Genus of fishes

Parachromis is a genus of cichlids native to Central America. Some species occur in Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. All species are predatory and relatively large for cichlids.

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Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

Confusingly, a review in 2018 of the type specimen of P. friedrichsthalii showed that this actually is the species that commonly has been referred to as P. loisellei. As a result, P. loisellei becomes a junior synonym of P. friedrichsthalii, while the yellowjacket cichlid that formerly was incorrectly referred to as P. friedrichsthalii should be referred to as P. multifasciatus.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Parachromis in FishBase. October 2019 version.
  2. [2]
    Morgenstern, P. (2018). "Fishes collected by Emanuel Ritter von Friedrichsthal in Central America between 1838–1841". Vertebrate Zoology. 68 (3): 253–267. doi:10.3897/vz.68.e31614.


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