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Herichthys tepehua

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Species of fish

Herichthys tepehua
Male H. tepehua from the Pantepec River Basin, Puebla, Mexico, in aquarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Herichthys
Species: H. tepehua
Binomial name
Herichthys tepehua
De la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas-García, Lozano-Vilano, García-Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015

Herichthys tepehua is a species of cichlid endemic to Mexico where it occurs in the Pantepec, Cazones, Tenixtepec, Tecolutla and Solteros River drainages in the states of Veracruz and Puebla. The specific name alludes to the Tepehua ethnic group and language, these people live in eastern México, in the states of Veracruz and Puebla, in the region where this cichlid is found.

  • Female Herichthys tepehua from the Pantepec River Basin, Puebla, Mexico showing breeding colors in the aquarium Female Herichthys tepehua from the Pantepec River Basin, Puebla, Mexico showing breeding colors in the aquarium
  • Herichthys tepehua from the Cazones River, Puebla, Mexico Herichthys tepehua from the Cazones River, Puebla, Mexico
  • Freshly collected Herichthys tepehua from the Tenixtepec River in Veracruz, Mexico Freshly collected Herichthys tepehua from the Tenixtepec River in Veracruz, Mexico
  • Freshly collected Herichthys tepehua from the Tecolutla River Basin Freshly collected Herichthys tepehua from the Tecolutla River Basin
  • Herichthys tepehua collected in the Solteros River Herichthys tepehua collected in the Solteros River

References

  1. De la Maza-Benignos, M.; Ornelas-García, C. P.; Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L.; García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 201–231. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl:10261/126238. S2CID 16769534.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Herichthys tepehua
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