Mayaheros
| Mayaheros | |
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| Mayaheros urophthalmus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Mayaheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Heros urophthalmus Günther 1862
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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.[1]
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
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