taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D5752B8324FFCBFF519839FEEAEE43.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pseudetroplus is distinguished from Etroplus by having 11 (vs. 12 – 13) pleural ribs; 26 – 27 (vs. 28 – 29) total vertebrae; lateral line incomplete (vs. interrupted), with 1 – 7 (vs. 13 – 24) pored scales; possessing an occipital prong (vs. possessing an occipital process; Fig. 1 D); postero-dorsal outline of operculum curved, with a well-developed process (postero-dorsal outline of operculum straight, lacking a well-developed process); anterior half of median suture of lower pharyngeal jaw serrated (vs. smooth; Fig. 1 B); base of the lateral arm of lower pharyngeal jaw broad (vs. narrow; Fig. 1 B); first 6 anal-fin pterygiophores arranged anterior to the first 3 (vs. 2) haemal spines (Fig. 1 A); supraoccipitalexoccipital prong well developed, extending ventrally over half-way across foramen magnum (vs. less-well developed, not extending into foramen magnum; Fig. 1 C). Further, the anterior jaw teeth in Pseudetroplus are acuminate (vs. spatulate in Etroplus; Fig. 2). Pseudetroplus also differs from Etroplus in pigmentation, possessing one or more black blotches on the side of the body (vs. 7 – 9 prominent dark lateral bars in Etroplus); possessing two brown stripes on the dorsal fin (vs. lacking stripes on the dorsal fin); and lacking a black patch on the pectoral fin, near its base (vs. black blotch present on base of pectoral fin).	en	Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Maduwage, Kalana, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 3838 (5): 595-600, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.9
03D5752B8324FFCBFF519839FEEAEE43.taxon	discussion	Discussion. The name Pseudetroplus was published both by Bleeker in Günther (1862) and by Bleeker (1862). While the date of publication of the former is 8 November 1862 (Eschmeyer, 2014), the date of publication of the latter is unknown and must under ICZN (1999) art. 21.3.2 be assumed to be 31 December, 1862. Bleeker (1862) gave the type species as Etroplus coruchi Cuvier, 1830 (type locality: Malabar [Kerala], India), a junior subjective synonym of Chaetodon maculatus Bloch, 1795 (type locality: ponds along the Coromandel coast [Tamil Nadu], India), while Bleeker in Günther (1862) specified the type species as E. maculatus. The statement in Eschmeyer (2014) that " if [Bleeker in Günther] was first, then suratensis is probably the type " is evidently an error, for Günther (1862: 266) wrote: " According to a communication from Dr. v. Bleeker, he intends to separate this species [i. e. E. suratensis] generically from E. maculatus, retaining the name of Etroplus for the former, and adopting that of Pseudetroplus for the latter [i. e. E. maculatus] ". Cuvier (1830) used the spelling Etroplus coruchi on p. 491 of his text, which indicated plate 136, on which he employed the name Glyphisodon koruschi: as first reviser we here give precedence to the spelling Etroplus coruchi.	en	Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Maduwage, Kalana, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 3838 (5): 595-600, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.9
03D5752B8324FFCBFF519839FEEAEE43.taxon	description	Sparks (2008) noted also that the monophyly of the “ Etroplus suratensis + Etroplus canarensis clade ” (i. e. Etroplus sensu stricto) was supported by the presence of a blunt snout with a steeply sloping profile in lateral view (particularly in specimens <about 75 mm SL); the presence of seven to nine prominent dark lateral bands; and an unique, unreversed character: a prominent black patch on the pectoral fin near its base. These, together with the dental and osteological characters mentioned in the Diagnosis, above, serve to distinguish Pseudetroplus from Etroplus. Day (1877: 415) noted that specimens of P. maculatus from Madras (the then presidency, now part of Tamil Nadu State, in which the type locality, Tharangambadi, is located) possessed 17 – 18 dorsal-fin and 11 – 12 anal-fin spines, whereas those in southern Karnataka possessed 19 – 20 and 14 – 15 spines, respectively. Should the populations of Pseudetroplus in the eastern and western regions of the Indian peninsula prove specifically different, the name P. coruchi Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830, is available for the latter. The difference in anterior jaw dentition in Pseudetroplus and Etroplus appears related to diet, the former being piscivorous, whereas adults of the latter feed on filamentous algae, detritus, aquatic plants and diatoms (Bindu & Padmakumar, 2008).	en	Pethiyagoda, Rohan, Maduwage, Kalana, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 3838 (5): 595-600, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.9
