Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
GENUS: Published in
Heckel, J. J. 1840. Johann Natterer’s neue Flussfische Brasilien’s nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 325-471, Pl. 29-30.

Synonyms: Plataxoides Castelnau, 1855
Homonyms: Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840; Pterophyllum A.T.Brongniart, 1825; Pterophyllum Harris, 1833
Common names: Angelfish in English; Angelfishes in English; Engelvisse in Afrikaans; Freshwater Angelfish in English; Freshwater Angelfishes in English; angelfishes in English; angelfishes in English; angelfishes in language.; skalára in Czech; Скалярии in Russian; Скалярия in Russian; Скалярія in Ukrainian; 高鰭魚屬 (神仙魚屬) in Chinese

Ann. Wiener Mus., 2 [3]
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
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.
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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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
Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
WoRMS (Mar 2013)