Chortiheros wesseli

Chortiheros wesseli, is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. It is endemic to fast-flowing waters of the Río Papaloteca, Río Cangrejal and Río Danto in the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

Chortiheros wesseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Chortiheros
Říčan & Dragová, 2016[1]
Species:
C. wesseli
Binomial name
Chortiheros wesseli
(R. R. Miller, 1996)
Synonyms

Theraps wesseli Miller, 1996

References

  1. 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.


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