WoRMS taxon details
Vieja melanurus (Günther, 1862)
1013997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1013997)
accepted
Species
Cichlasoma hicklingi (Fowler, 1956) · unaccepted
Cichlasoma melanurum (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cichlaurus hicklingi Fowler, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heros melanurus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paraneetroplus melanura (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Paraneetroplus synspila (Hubbs, 1935) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Paraneetroplus synspilus (Hubbs, 1935) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935) · unaccepted
Vieja synspillum (Hubbs, 1935) · unaccepted
(of Heros melanurus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Vieja melanurus (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013997 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cichlaurus hicklingi Fowler, 1956) Fowler, H. W. (1956). Description of a new species of Cichlaurus from the Belize River of British Honduras. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 288: 1-4. [details]
original description (of Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864) Steindachner, F. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 23 (no. 2): 57-74, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Heros melanurus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864) Steindachner, F. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 23 (no. 2): 57-74, Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Heros melanurus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redhead cichlid [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | mojarra paleta [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935))
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vieja melanura) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cichlasoma melanurum (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Heros melanurus Günther, 1862)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cichlasoma hicklingi (Fowler, 1956))
To FishBase
To Fishbase
To FishBase images (Cichlasoma synspilum, by Sheremetyev, I.) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935))
To Fishipedia (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Heros melanurus Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja synspillum (Hubbs, 1935))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Paraneetroplus synspilus (Hubbs, 1935))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cichlasoma synspilum USNM 395058 photograph 2) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vieja melanura) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cichlasoma melanurum (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Heros melanopogon Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Heros melanurus Günther, 1862)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cichlasoma hicklingi (Fowler, 1956))
To FishBase
To Fishbase
To FishBase images (Cichlasoma synspilum, by Sheremetyev, I.) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935))
To Fishipedia (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Paraneetroplus melanurus (Günther, 1862))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Heros melanurus Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja synspila (Hubbs, 1935))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Vieja synspillum (Hubbs, 1935))
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Paraneetroplus synspilus (Hubbs, 1935))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cichlasoma synspilum USNM 395058 photograph 2) (from synonym Cichlasoma synspilum Hubbs, 1935)
