Gymnogeophagus

Gymnogeophagus
Temporal range: 48.6–0 Ma
Gymnogeophagus balzanii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Geophagini
Subtribe: Geophagina
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Type species
Gymnogeophagus cyanopterus
A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
Geographic range of genus Gymnogeophagus

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 PatosMirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gymnogeophagus". FishBase. December 2024 version.

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