Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Cichlidae: Astronotinae – astronotine cichlids

Main Groups of Teleostean Fishes

After Kullander, 1995-2002, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Astronotinae
   |--o Astronotus (Oscars; riikinkukkokirjoahvenet) [Astronotini]
   |  |-- A. crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)
   |  `-- A. ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (Peacock cichlid; “Oscar”; riikinkukkokirjoahven, “oskari”)
   `--o Chaetobranchini
      |--o Chaetobranchopsis
      |  |-- C. australis Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
      |  `-- C. orbicularis (Steindachner, 1875)
      `--o Chaetobranchus
         |-- C. flavescens Heckel, 1840
         `-- C. semifasciatus Steindachner, 1875

Reference(s):

• Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
  –iNet: www.fishbase.org
• Kullander, S. O., 1995-2002: Phylogeny of major groups of cichlids. (Updated: 2002-04-12)
  –iNet: Swedish Museum of Natural History: Guide to the South American Cichlidae: http://www2.nrm.se/ve/pisces/acara/cichphyl.shtml; [visited: 2005-03-11]

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