Hypsophrys is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America.
Hypsophrys | |
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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
Tribe: | Heroini |
Genus: | Hypsophrys Agassiz, 1859 |
Type species | |
Hypsophrys unimaculatus Agassiz, 1859 |
There have been two recognized species in this genus:[1]
The poor man's tropheus had previously been considered to be in the separate monotypic genus Neetroplus before it was brought into Hypsophrys in 2007.[2] However, genetic analysis by Oldřich Říčan, et al. in 2016 demonstrated that the poor man's tropheus should be in a separate genus and resurrected Neetroplus, restating the old scientific name Neetroplus nematopus.[3]
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