Heros liberifer

Heros liberifer

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: Heros
Species: Heros liberifer

Name

Heros liberifer Staeck & Schindler, 2015

Holotype: MTD F 33463. Paratypes: MTD F 33464-33468 (5); NMW 98370 (2).

Type locality: Laguna Piranha at right side of lower Rio Manapiare (Rio Ventuari drainage), approx. 3 km downstream from the town of San Juan de Manapiare, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela, (approx. 5° 16′ N, 65° 5′ W).

Etymology: a combination of the Latin words liberi (= children), and ferre (= to carry). It refers to the oral incubation, a reproductive behaviour, which is apparently unique in the genus.

References

Primary references

• Staeck, W. & Schindler, I. 2015. Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840. Bulletin of Fish Biology 15(1/2): 121–136. Reference page.