Fishwise Professional

View Mode Genus Microgeophagus Frey 1957   Genus Genus   Hierarchy Hierarchy   Original Genus Original Genus   Current Genus Current Genus   Name History Name History   Genus   Microgeophagus AuthorWI   Frey [H.] AuthorNI   Frey Qualification   --- Year   1957 Status   Spelling Gender   masculine Class   Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   --- Tribe   --- Original Genus   Microgeophagus Original AuthorWI   Frey [H.] Original AuthorNI   Frey Original Family   Cichlidae Original Sub Family   --- --- Original Year   1957 Gender   masculine Type Species AuthorWI   --- Type Species Qualification   --- Type Designation   --- Current Genus   --- Current AuthorWI   --- Current Year   1968 Current Family   --- Current Summary   In family, Cichlidae: Cichlinae.   Name History   Microgeophagus Frey [H.] 1957:56 [ref. 5455]. See Mikrogeophagus. Regarded by Isbrücker 1984:38 [ref. 30868] as available; predates Mikrogeophagus. But it is regarded as not available from Frey as it was not treated as valid (Art. 11.5) by him, along with other reasons (see Kullander 2011:35 [ref. 31677]). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Loading…