• Source: Geophagini

Geophagini is a tribe of cichlids from the subfamily Cichlinae, the American cichlids. It is the sister taxon to the clade which includes the Cichlasomatini and Heroini. Fishes in the Geophagini are distributed from Panama south to Argentina, it is the most speciose of the seven tribes within the Cichlinae and it is subdivided into three sub-tribes, Acarichthyina, Crenicaratina, and Geophagina which together contain over 200 species. Geophagines show morphological and behavioural specialisations to enable them to sift the substrates within their mouths so that they can separate benthic invertebrates from substrates dominated by sand or silt.




Classification


The Geophagini are classified as follows:

Subtribe Acarichthyina Kullander, 1998
Genus Acarichthys C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Genus Guianacara Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
Subtribe Crenicaratina Kullander, 1998
Genus Biotoecus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Genus Crenicara Steindachner, 1875
Genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840
Genus Dicrossus Steindachner, 1875
Genus Teleocichla Kullander, 1988
Subtribe Geophagina Haseman, 1911
Genus Apistogramma Regan, 1913
Genus Apistogrammoides Meinken, 1965
Genus Biotodoma C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Genus Geophagus Heckel, 1840
Genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990
Genus Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968
Genus Satanoperca Günther, 1862
Genus Taeniacara G. S. Myers, 1935




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Apistogramma
• Geophagini
• Geophagus sveni
• Geophagus
• Apistogramma macmasteri
• Apistogramma
• Cichlinae
• Pearl cichlid
• Geophagus neambi
• Crenicichla
• Cichlid