Species Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Heros melanurus Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 4 534 pp. [288].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1864.1.26.82, Lake Petén, Guatemala.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1864.1.26.78-81 (4), Lake Petén, Guatemala.

  Subsequent designation references:

  McMahan, C.D., Murray, C.M., Geheber, A.D., Boeckman, C.D. & Piller, K.R. 2011. Paraneetroplus synspilus is a junior synonym of Paraneetroplus melanurus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 2833: 1-14; McMahan, C.D., Matamoros, W.A., Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. 2015. Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera. Zootaxa 3999(2): 211-234 [216] (Vieja as valid genus).
• Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, C.L. 1935. Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 28: 1-22 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype UMMZ 95518, San Pedro de Mártir, a tributary of Río Usumacinta, Department of Petén, Guatemala.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McMahan, C.D., Murray, C.M., Geheber, A.D., Boeckman, C.D. & Piller, K.R. 2011. Paraneetroplus synspilus is a junior synonym of Paraneetroplus melanurus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 2833: 1-14

 

Generic Combinations

• Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862). —
  Burgess, W. 2000. The Cichlasoma story. Herichthys, the break-up. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 48(11): 44-54 [50] (changed combination cited)
• Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862). —
  McMahan, C.D., Geheber, A.D. & Piller, K.R. 2010. Molecular systematics of the enigmatic Middle American genus Vieja (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1293-1300 [1298] (changed combination)
• Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935). —
  Burgess, W. 2000. The Cichlasoma story. Herichthys, the break-up. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 48(11): 44-54 [50] (changed combination cited)
• Paraneetroplus synspilus (Hubbs, 1935). —
  McMahan, C.D., Geheber, A.D. & Piller, K.R. 2010. Molecular systematics of the enigmatic Middle American genus Vieja (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1293-1300 [1298] (changed combination)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from Tingalpa Reservoir, southeast of Brisbane, QLD (27°32'S, 153°10'E), status of population unknown but not considered to be established

Introduced from Central America via aquarium trade.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. [20] (as Vieja synspila)

McMahan, C.D., Murray, C.M., Geheber, A.D., Boeckman, C.D. & Piller, K.R. 2011. Paraneetroplus synspilus is a junior synonym of Paraneetroplus melanurus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 2833: 1-14 (as Paraneetroplus melanurus)

 

Common Name References

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. [20] (Redhead Cichlid)

Harris, J.H. 2013. 11. Fishes from elsewhere. pp. 259-282 in Humphries, P. & Walker, K. (eds). Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 423 pp. [264] (Redhead Cichlid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LABROIDEI	06-Apr-2016	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)