Rheoheros lentiginosus

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Rheoheros
Species: Rheoheros lentiginosus

Name

Rheoheros lentiginosus (Steindachner, 1864)

• Syntypes: NMW 17381-82 (1, 1).

Type locality: Mexico.

Etymology: .

Synonyms

• Heros lentiginosus Steindachner, 1864
  • Theraps lentiginosus (Steindachner, 1864) -- Stawikowski & Werner, 1987
  • Cichlasoma lentiginosus (Steindachner, 1864) -- Conkel, 1993

Vernacular names

English: Freckled Cichlid

References

• 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. Zootaxa 3999(2): 211–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. Preview (PDF) Full text (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stawikowski, R. & Werner, U. 1987. Neue Erkenntnisse über die Buntbarsche um Theraps lentiginosus mit der Beschreibung von Theraps coeruleus spec. nov. Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ) 40(11): 499–504. Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1864. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chromiden Mejico's und Central-Amerika's. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 23: 57–74, Pls. 1–5.Reference page. 

Links

• Rheoheros lentiginosus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Rheoheros lentiginosus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.