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Cichliformes

Osteichthyes - Cichliformes

Taxonomy
Cichliformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Cichlomorphae by Betancur et al. (2013), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Cichliformes Betancur et al.
2016Cichliformes Nelson et al. p. 342
2019Cichliformes van der Laan p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderCichlomorphae
orderCichliformes
orderCichliformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Fm. Cichlidae Heckel 1840 [cichlid]
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G. Aequidens Eigenmann and Bray 1894
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Aequidens pauloensis Schaeffer 1947
G. Gymnogeophagus Ribeiro 1918
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Gymnogeophagus eocenicus Malabarba et al. 2010
G. †Palaeochromis Sauvage 1907
G. †Proterocara Malabarba et al. 2006
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Proterocara argentina Malabarba et al. 2006
Subfm. Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler 1934
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Tr. †Oreochromini Dunz and Schliewen 2013
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G. †Oreochromimos Penk et al. 2019
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Oreochromimos kabchorensis Penk et al. 2019
Tr. Tilapiini Carnevale et al. 2003 [tilapiine]
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G. Oreochromis Carnevale et al. 2003
G. †Tylochromis Regan 1920
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G. Pholidichthys Bleeker 1856
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G. †Priscacara Cope 1877
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Priscacara aquilonia Wilson 1977
Priscacara campi Hesse 1936
Priscacara clivosa Cope 1878
Priscacara cypha Cope 1877
Priscacara liops Cope 1877
Priscacara oxyprion Cope 1878
Priscacara pealei Cope 1878
Priscacara serrata Cope 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available