Hypsophrys

Hypsophrys is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America.

Hypsophrys
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Hypsophrys
Agassiz, 1859
Type species
Hypsophrys unimaculatus
Agassiz, 1859

Species

There are have been two recognized species in this genus:[1]

The poor man's tropheus had previously been considered to be in the separate monotypic genus Neetroplus before it was brought into Hypsophrys in 2007.[2] However, genetic analysis by Oldřich Říčan, et al. in 2016 demonstrated that the poor man's tropheus should be in a separate genus and resurrected Neetroplus, restating the old scientific name Neetroplus nematopus.[3]

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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hypsophrys in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  3. Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. Retrieved 2019-01-25.


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