Mesoheros

Mesoheros is a genus of cichlids. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Atrato River flowing into the Atlantic, San Juan, Baudó and Patia Rivers to Esmeraldas and Tumbes Rivers flowing into the Pacific.[1]

Mesoheros
Mesoheros festae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Mesoheros
McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015 [1]
Type species
Heros festae
Boulenger 1899

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1905)
  • Mesoheros festae (Boulenger, 1899) (Red Terror)
  • Mesoheros gephyrum
  • Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905)

References
  1. McMahan, C.D., Matamoros, W.A., Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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