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Mayaheros

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cichlidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Cichlasomatinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Mayaheros urophthalmus, Cribroheros, Cincelichthys, Maskaheros, Mesoheros

Mayaheros beani pair


Mayaheros is a genus of cichlid found in Middle America. This genus has a disjunct distribution, with the M. urophthalmus group being found in the Usumacinta ichthyological province in the Atlantic drainages of southeastern México (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo), Belize and eastern Guatemala, reaching also into Honduras, while M. beani is the northern-most cichlid in the Pacific drainages of Middle America in México.

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Mayaheros beani


Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

  • Mayaheros aguadae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros alborus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros amarus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros beani (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Green guapote)
  • Mayaheros cienagae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros conchitae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros ericymba (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros mayorum (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros stenozonus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
  • Mayaheros trispilus (C. L. Hubbs, 1935)
  • Mayaheros troschelii (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) (Mayan cichlid)
  • Mayaheros zebra (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)

    • References

    Mayaheros Wikipedia
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