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Genus of fishes

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

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

Species

Hypsophrys is a monotypic genus, with Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864) (Moga) being the only species currently grouped within it.

Neetroplus nematopus (Günther, 1867) (Poor man's tropheus) was briefly brought into Hypsophrys from the monotypic genus Neetroplus in 2007. 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.

References

  1. "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  2. 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. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
Taxon identifiers
Hypsophrys


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