Gymnogeophagus meridionalis Reis & Malabarba, 1988
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gymnogeophagus meridionalis Reis & Malabarba, 1988
- Name authority
- Reis & Malabarba, 1988
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Gymnogeophagus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCichliformes
- familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyCichlinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusGymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
- speciesGymnogeophagus meridionalis Reis & Malabarba, 1988
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gymnogeophagus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis Staeck, 2006 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus labiatus (Hensel, 1870) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus (Hensel, 1870) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus setequedas Reis, Malabarba & Pavanelli, 1992 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus tiraparae González-Bergonzoni, Loureiro & Oviedo, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus australis (Eigenmann, 1907) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus jaryi Alonso, Terán, Aguilera, Říčan, Casciotta, Serra, Almirón, Benítez et al., 2019 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus taroba Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek & Říčan, 2017 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura Loureiro, Zarucki, Malabarba & González-Bergonzoni, 2016 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus mekinos Malabarba, Malabarba & Reis, 2015 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnogeophagus constellatus Malabarba, Malabarba & Reis, 2015 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Reis, R. E., & Malabarba, L. R. (1988). Revision of the neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Ribeiro, 1918, with descriptions of two new species (Pisces, Perciformes). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 4 (4): 259–305. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3HS35. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.