| LC control no. | sh 97002326 |
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| LC classification | QL638.C55 Zoology SF458.A5 Aquarium fishes |
| Topical heading | Freshwater angelfishes |
| Variant(s) | Angel fish Angelfish Angelfishes, Freshwater Long-finned angelfishes Plataxoides Pterophyllum |
| See also | Cichlids |
| Found in | Sakurai, A. Aquarium fish of the world, 1993: p. 98 (Angelfish; four species recognized at present: Pterophyllum scalare, P. leopoldi, P. dumerilii, P. altum) Britannica Micro.: v.1, p. 401 (angelfishes, popular in home aquariums, are members of genus Pterophyllum and native to freshwaters of South America; also marine angelfishes) Collier's encyc.: v. 2, p. 201 (angelfish: a name applied to a group of freshwater species, Pterophyllum, which live in South America, and a group of marine fishes) Sandford, G. Tropical fish identifier, 1994: index (angelfish (freshwater) 58; angelfish (marine) 82-4) Mills, D. Aquarium fish, 1993: index (Angelfishes: freshwater 122; marine 236) Sterba, G. The aquarium encyc., 1983: p. 480 (Pterophyllum. Long finned-angelfishes. Genus of the Cichlidae. Synonym : Plataxoides) Eschmeyer catalog genera fishes: p. 346 (Pterophyllum. Cichlidae) Random House (angelfish: pl. -fish; esp. coll. -fishes: genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums) |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85004996 |
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