Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cichliformes > Family Cichlidae > Subfamily Cichlinae

Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cichlasoma facetum (Jenyns, 1842)

Literature

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268771

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6250d2d3-4e8e-4d72-b90c-8a4f33e94ab8

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268771
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304870

Last modified

2014-12-02 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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