Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Heckel, J. J. 1840. Johann Natterer’s neue Flussfische Brasilien’s nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2: 325-471, Pl. 29-30.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Perciformes

family

Cichlidae

genus

Pterophyllum

Name

Synonyms

Plataxoides Castelnau, 1855

Homonyms

Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840

Pterophyllum A.T.Brongniart, 1825

Pterophyllum Harris, 1833

Common names

Angelfishes in English

angelfishes in language.

angelfishes in English

Bibliographic References

1. Ann. Wiener Mus., 2 [3]
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
4. FishBase
5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
8. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
9. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
11. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)