Crenicichla proteus Cope, 1872
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
- Crenicichla proteus Cope, 1872
- Name authority
- Cope, 1872
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Crenicichla
- 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
- genusCrenicichla Heckel, 1840
- speciesCrenicichla proteus Cope, 1872
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Crenicichla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Crenicichla semifasciata (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla cyanonotus Cope, 1870 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla chicha Varella, Kullander & Lima, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla iguassuensis Haseman, 1911 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla igara Lucena & Kullander, 1992 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla hu Piálek, Říčan, Casciotta & Almirón, 2010 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla empheres Lucena, 2007 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla lacustris (Castelnau, 1855) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla hemera Kullander, 1990 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla hadrostigma Lucena, 2007 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla geayi Pellegrin, 1903 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crenicichla lucius Cope, 1870 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Crenicichla proteus argynnis Cope, 1872 Cope, 1872 | synonym |
| Batrachops nemopterus Fowler, 1940 Fowler, 1940 | synonym |
| Crenicichla nijsseni Ploeg, 1991 Ploeg, 1991 | synonym |
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.
- Cope, E. D. (1872). On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 23: 250–294, Pls. 3–16. 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:6BD8G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.