Parvacara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Parvacara
Species (if genus is accepted as valid): P. araguaiae – P. curviceps – P. dorsigera – P. flamannellus – P. flavilabris – P. fulvipinnis – P. thayeri

Name

Parvacara Whitley, 1951

Type species: Acara dorsiger Heckel, 1840 -- Type by being a replacement name.

Status: Unneeded replacement for Nannacara Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 (not an original description), regarded as preoccupied by Nannacara Regan, 1905 in fishes. Nannacara Miranda-Riberio, 1918 is sometimes cited as an original description (e. g. by Jordan 1920: 564), but it is a subsequent use of Nannacara Regan, 1905, as explained by authors (e. g. Trewavas, 1957, Kullander, 1986: 324).

Perhaps Parvacara is not available from Whitley, 1951 on technical grounds as it is not technically a replacement name and must stand on its own as a generic description. Apparently a senior synonym of Laetacara Kullander, 1986. Current status: Synonym of Laetacara Kullander, 1986.

References

• Jordan, D. S., 1920: The genera of fishes, part IV, from 1881 to 1920, thirty-nine years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series No. 43: 411–576.
• Kullander, S. O., 1986: Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru. Swedish Museum of Natural History. 1-431, Pls. 1-38.
• Miranda Ribeiro, A. de, 1918: Historia Natural. Zoologia. Cichlidae. In: Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas. Publ. 46 (Annexo 5): 1–18, Pls. 1-16.
• Trewavas, E., 1957: Nominomania. Annals and Magazin of natural History, (12) 10: 349–350
• Whitley, G. P., 1951: New fish names and records. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for 1949-50: 61–68.
• Parvacara and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.