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Genus of fishes

Archocentrus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Archocentrus
T. N. Gill, 1877
Species: A. centrarchus
Binomial name
Archocentrus centrarchus
(T. N. Gill, 1877)

Archocentrus is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America. It currently contains a single species, the flier cichlid (Archocentrus centrarchus), which is found in stagnant and slow-moving freshwater habitats such as lakes, ponds, ditches, swamps and rivers in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It is up to 11 cm (4.3 in) long and feeds on invertebrates and detritus.

Archocentrus formerly included some of the species now included in the genera Cryptoheros and Amatitlania, such as the convict cichlid. The rainbow cichlid was temporarily included in the genus Archocentrus but is now back in its original genus Herotilapia.

References

  1. Lyons, T.J.; Angulo, A. (2020). "Archocentrus centrarchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T150123428A152306166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T150123428A152306166.en. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. S2CID 257203657.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Archocentrus". FishBase. December 2021 version.
  4. "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Archocentrus". FishBase. April 2015 version.
  6. Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). "A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1603: 1–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1603.1.1.
  7. McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572. S2CID 34699955.
Taxon identifiers
Archocentrus
Archocentrus centrarchus


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