| Bluemouth cichlid | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Wajpamheros |
| Species: | W. nourissati |
| Binomial name | |
| Wajpamheros nourissati (Allgayer, 1989) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The bluemouth cichlid (Wajpamheros nourissati) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the Usumacinta River basin in southern Mexico and Guatemala, where it is widely distributed in rivers, creeks and lakes. This species is the only known member of its genus. The specific name honours the French cichlid specialist Jean Claude Nourissat (1942-2003), who collected type of this species. It reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in total length.
References
- ^ Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Wajpamheros nourissati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191839A2007664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191839A2007664.en. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016): Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (1): 1-102.
- 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 12 November 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Wajpamheros". FishBase. July 2020 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amphilophus nourissati | |
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