Gymnogeophagus

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Geophaginae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Cichlidae Scientific name Gymnogeophagus Higher classification Cichlid Order Perciformes

Lower classifications Argentine humphead, Smooth-cheek eartheater, Gymnogeophagus tiraparae

Gymnogeophagus breeding fish

Gymnogeophagus is a genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from various river basins (notably Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos–Mirim) in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

Gymnogeophagus australis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) (Uruguayan eartheater)

Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia, 1891) (Argentine eartheater)

Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis Staeck, 2006

Gymnogeophagus che Casciotta, S. E. Gómez & Toresanni, 2000

Gymnogeophagus constellatus L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Smooth-cheek eartheater)

Gymnogeophagus labiatus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Earth eater)

Gymnogeophagus lacustris R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988

Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015

Gymnogeophagus mekinos L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015

Gymnogeophagus meridionalis R. E. dos Reis & L. R. Malabarba, 1988

Gymnogeophagus missioneiro L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015

Gymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus L. R. Malabarba, M. C. Malabarba & R. E. dos Reis, 2015

Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus (R. F. Hensel, 1870) (Stripe-fin eartheater)

Gymnogeophagus setequedas R. E. dos Reis, L. R. Malabarba & Pavanelli, 1992

Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura Loureiro, Zarucki, L. R. Malabarba & González-Bergonzoni, 2016

Gymnogeophagus tiraparae González-Bergonzoni, Loureiro & Oviedo, 2009

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