After Sparks & Smith, 2004, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Etropiinae sensu Sparks & Smith, 2004 (Madagascarine and Indian cichlids;Madagaskarin ja Intian kirjoahvenet)
   |--o Etropus (Indian cichlids) [3]
   |  |-- E. canarensis Day, 1877 (Canara pearlspot)
   |  |-- E. maculatus (Bloch, 1795) (Orange chromide)
   |  `-- E. suratensis (Bloch, 1790) (Green chromide)
   `--o Paretroplus [6]
      |--+-- P. damii Bleeker, 1868
      |  `--+-- P. sp. “Mahajamba”
      |     `--+-- P. nourissati
      |        `-- P. tsimoly
      `--+-- P. polyactis Bleeker, 1878
         `--+-- P. kieneri Arnoult, 1960
            `--+?- P. petiti Pellegrin, 1929
               |--+-- P. maromandia
               |  `-- †P. menarambo Allgayer, 1996
               `--+-- P. dambabe
                  `-- P. maculatus Kiener & Maugé, 1966

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