Etroplus

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Etroplus
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Etroplus suratensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Etroplinae
Genus: Etroplus
G. Cuvier, 1830
Type species
Etroplus meleagris
G. Cuvier, 1830

Etroplus is a small genus of cichlids native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Together with Pseudetroplus (which formerly was included in Etroplus), they are the only cichlids of this region. [1]

Their closest living relatives are Paretroplus from Madagascar. These two lineages must have separated during the Mesozoic already, as Madagascar and the Indian Plate had separated by the end of the Cretaceous. [2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus. [3] The former third species, the orange chromide, was moved to Pseudetroplus in 2014. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Pethiyagoda, R.; Maduwage, K.; Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (2014). "Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae)". Zootaxa. 3838 (5): 595–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.9. PMID   25081802.
  2. ↑ Sparks, J.S. (2004): Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and South Asian cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30 (3): 599–614.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Etroplus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 November 2025.


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