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Aequidens
Sign in to saveAequidens is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined Aequidens is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only exceptions are A. plagiozonatus which also occurs in the Paraná Basin, and A. tetramerus which also occurs in the Parnaíba River.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Vissen Aequidens is een geslacht van vissen uit de familie van de cichliden (Cichlidae). Soorten Aequidens biseriatus (Regan, 1913) Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956 Aequidens coeruleopunctatus (Kner, 1863) Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens epae Kullander, 1995 Aequidens gerciliae Kullander, 1995 Aequidens hercules Aequidens hoehnei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) Aequidens latifrons (Steindachner, 1878) Aequidens madeirae Aequidens mauesanus Kullander, 1997 Aequidens metae Eigenmann, 1922 Aequidens michaeli Kullander, 1995 Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens paloemeuensis Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 Aequidens paraguayensis Aequidens patricki Kullander, 1984 Aequidens plagiozonatus Kullander, 1984 Aequidens potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912 Aequidens psittacus Aequidens pulcher (Gill, 1858) Aequidens rivulatus Günther, 1859 Aequidens rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) Aequidens sapayensis Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) Aequidens tubicen Kullander & Ferreira, 1991 Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,069
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- CIB-UAEM, CUMV, USNM, TCWC, FMNH, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
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Aequidens is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae found in South America. Formerly a wastebasket genus, as presently defined Aequidens is largely restricted to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and river basins in The Guianas. The only exceptions are A. plagiozonatus which also occurs in the Paraná Basin, and A. tetramerus which also occurs in the Parnaíba River.
==Taxonomy== Many species formerly placed in this genus have been reallocated to other genera such as Andinoacara, Bujurquina, Cleithracara, Krobia, Laetacara, Rondonacara and Tahuantinsuyoa.
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