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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
In Costa, Amorim & Mattos.
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Name derived from the Greek pteron (wing) and phyllon (leaf), referring to long dorsal and anal fins in males, also an allusion to the superficial similarity with Pterophyllum scalare Lichtenstein, an Amazonian cichlid fish with long dorsal and anal and dark bars on body sides.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS