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There are currently two recognized species in this genus. |
There are currently two recognized species in this genus. The third species, the [[orange chromide]], was moved to ''Pseudetroplus'' in 2014.<ref name="Pethiyagoda2014">Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus ''Pseudetroplus'' Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). ''Zootaxa, 3838 (5): 595–600.''</ref> but [[FishBase]] still places it in ''Etroplus'':<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Etroplus|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Etroplus canarensis]]'' <small>([[Francis Day|F. Day]], 1877)</small> (Canara pearlspot) |
* ''[[Etroplus canarensis]]'' <small>([[Francis Day|F. Day]], 1877)</small> (Canara pearlspot) |
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Revision as of 13:53, 8 November 2019
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| Etroplus suratensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Etroplinae |
| Genus: | Etroplus G. Cuvier, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Etroplus meleagris G. Cuvier, 1830
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Etroplus is a small genus of cichlids native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Together with Pseudetroplus (which formerly was included in Etroplus), they are the only ciclids of this region.[1]
Their closest living relatives are Paretroplus from Madagascar. These two lineages must have separated during the Mesozoic already, as Madagascar and the Indian Plate had separated by the end of the Cretaceous.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus. The third species, the orange chromide, was moved to Pseudetroplus in 2014.[1] but FishBase still places it in Etroplus:[3]
- Etroplus canarensis (F. Day, 1877) (Canara pearlspot)
- Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795) (Orange chromide)
- Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790) (Green chromide)
References
- ^ a b Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). Zootaxa, 3838 (5): 595–600.
- ^ Sparks, J.S. (2004): Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and South Asian cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30 (3): 599–614.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Etroplus". FishBase. June 2018 version.
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