Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- <i>The natural history of fishes, amphibians and reptiles, or monocardian animals</i>, vol. 2, p. 230
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Cichlidae
- genus
- Cichlasoma
Name
- Synonyms
- Cichlaurus Swainson, 1839
- Cichlosoma Regan, 1905
- Cychlasoma
- Homonyms
- Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839
- Common names
- American Cichlids in English
- American cichlids in English
- American cichlids in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- FishBase
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1954 Labrus Linnaeus, 1758, Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839 and Polycentrus M?ller & Troschel, 1848 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): conserved by the designation of Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Labrus and L. Bimaculatus Linnaeus 1758 as the type species of Cichlasoma; and Polycentrus Schomburgkii M?ller & Troschel, 1849: specific name given precedence over L. Punctatus Linnaeus, 1758.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(2), 131-136 (2000)
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
- SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
- Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Vol. II. Spottiswoode & Co., London, vi + 448 pp.
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)