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Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Agassiz, Louis in Spix, J. B. von & Louis Agassiz. 1831. : 83-138.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Astronotus
species
Astronotus ocellatus

Name

Synonyms
Acara compressus Cope, 1872
Acara hyposticta Cope, 1878
Acara ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
Astronotus ocellatus ocellatus
Astronotus ocellatus zebra Pellegrin, 1904
Astronotus orbiculatus Haseman, 1911
Cychla rubroocellata Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843
Lobotes ocellatus Agassiz, 1831
Homonyms
Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
Common names
Acarahuazú in Spanish
Acaraú-açu in Portuguese
Acará-açu in Portuguese
Acará-açu in Portuguese
Acará-açu, Apaiari in language.
Acará-grande in Portuguese
Acaráuaçu in Portuguese
Aluago elselepo in language.
Aluago elselepo in language.
Apaiari in Portuguese
Apaiari in Portuguese
Apiari in Portuguese
Astronotus in French
Astronotus in Russian
Bola-de-ouro in Portuguese
Carahuazú in Spanish
Cará in Portuguese
Cará pirosca in Portuguese
Cará-açu in Portuguese
Cará-boi in Portuguese
Cará-grande in Portuguese
Cichlide oeil de paon in French
Cichlidé œil de paon in French
Cichlidé œil de paon, Oscar in French
Corró-baiano in Portuguese
Corró-baiano in Portuguese
Corró-chinês in Portuguese
Crombier in language.
Dorminhoco in Portuguese
Harilik paabusilmahven in Estonian
Krobié rouj in language.
Marble cichlid in English
Masug in language.
Masug, Be masug in language.
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in French
Oscar in French
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in English
Oscar in Swedish
Oscar, Tiger oscar, Velvet cichlid in English
Paabusilm-ahven in Estonian
Paya in language.
Paya, Krombiérouj in language.
Pfauenaugenbuntbarsch in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  6. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210. | Galvis G., J. I. Mojica, F. Provenzano, C. Lasso, D. Taphorn, R. Royero, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, Y. López, L. Mesa, P. Sánchez & C. Cipamocha. 2007. Peces de la Orinoquia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia. 425 pp.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  9. Svensson (2012) Nordisk fisklista enligt Catalog of Fishes 2011-12-30.xslx. Excel-fil med mejl till Johan Liljeblad 2012-02-23.
  10. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.aspx?group=&state=HI&Sortby=1
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