Hypsophrys Agassiz 1859
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Description
Hypsophrys Agassiz 1859
Neetroplus Günther 1867
Diagnosis. Members of Hypsophrys are distinguished from all other Heroini by the combination of a single supraneural, a strongly rounded snout profile, and a small and slightly subterminal mouth.
Type species. Hypsophrys unimaculatus; type by monotypy. Included species. H. unimaculatus, H. nematopus.
Diagnosis. Hypsophrys unimaculatus is diagnosed as the only Hypsophrys with a centrally positioned spot on the flank (Figure 4; versus a bar or no marking) and caniniform teeth (versus spatulate).
Remarks. We agree with Kullander & Hartel (1997) that Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther 1864) is a junior subjective synonym of Hypsophrys unimaculatus Agassiz 1859 but find their suggested suppression of the senior synonym in violation of ICZN Article 23. Therefore, this species should be recognized under its valid name Hypsophrys unimaculatus despite the relative familiarity of the junior synonym.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Agassiz
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Hypsophrys
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hypsophrys Agassiz, 1859 sec. Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2007
References
- Agassiz, L. (1859) Remarks on new fishes from Lake Nicaragua. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6, 407 - 408.
- Gunther, A. (1867) On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of the country by Mesrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1867, 600 - 604.
- Kullander, S. O. & Hartel, K. E. (1997) The systematic status of cichlid genera described by Louis Agassiz in 1859: Amphilophus, Baiodon, Hypsophrys and Parachromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 7, 193 - 202.
- Gunther, A. (1864) Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1864, 144 - 154