Symphysodon tarzoo

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: Symphysodon
Species: Symphysodon tarzoo

Name

Symphysodon tarzoo Lyons, 1959

• Neotype: INPA 25960. Neotype designated by Ready et al. 2006:208
• Type locality: Rio Jutaí, Amazonas State, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Symphysodon discus tarzoo Lyons, 1959

References

• Lyons, 1959. Symphysodon discus tarzoo. New blue discus electrify aquarium world. Tropicals Magazine v. 4 and cover: 6–8, 10.
• Ready, J.S., Ferreira, E.J.G. and Kullander, S.O., 2006. Discus fishes: mitochondrial DNA evidence for a phylogeographic barrier in the Amazonian genus Symphysodon (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Journal of Fish Biology v. 69 (suppl. B): 200–211.

Selected links

• Symphysodon tarzoo in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 8, 2014.
• Symphysodon tarzoo in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.