Gymnogeophagus

Gymnogeophagus
Gymnogeophagus balzanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Geophaginae
Genus:	Gymnogeophagus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Type species
Gymnogeophagus cyanopterus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

Gymnogeophagus is a genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from various river basins (notably Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos–Mirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.^[1] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

• Gymnogeophagus australis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguayan eartheater)
• Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891) (Argentine eartheater)
• Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis Staeck, 2006
• Gymnogeophagus che Casciotta, S. E. Gómez & Toresanni, 2000
• Gymnogeophagus constellatus L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015 ^[2]
• Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Smooth-cheek eartheater)
• Gymnogeophagus labiatus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Earth eater)
• Gymnogeophagus lacustris R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988
• Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015 ^[2]
• Gymnogeophagus mekinos L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015 ^[2]
• Gymnogeophagus meridionalis R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988
• Gymnogeophagus missioneiro L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015 ^[2]
• Gymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015 ^[2]
• Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Stripe-fin eartheater)
• Gymnogeophagus setequedas R. E. dos Reis, L. R. Malabarba & Pavanelli, 1992
• Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura Loureiro, Zarucki, L. R. Malabarba & González-Bergonzoni, 2016 ^[3]
• Gymnogeophagus tiraparae González-Bergonzoni, Loureiro & Oviedo, 2009 ^[4]

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Gymnogeophagus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
2. Malabarba, L.R., Malabarba, M.C. & Reis, R.E. (2015). "Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology,. 13 (4): 637–662.
3. Loureiro, M., Zarucki, M., Malabarba, L.R. & González-Bergonzoni, I. (2016): A new species of Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro from Uruguay (Teleostei: Cichliformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e150082.
4. González-Bergonzoni, I., Loureiro, M. & Oviedo, S. (2009). "A new species of Gymnogeophagus from the río Negro and río Tacuarí basins, Uruguay (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Neotropical Ichthyology,. 7 (1): 19–24.