Herichthys carpintis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Herichthys |
| Species: | H. carpintis
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| Herichthys carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899)
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Herichthys carpintis, the lowland cichlid, pearlscale cichlid, is a species of cichlid.
It is endemic to eastern Mexico where it occurs in the Pánuco River drainage, and the Soto La Marina River in northwestern Mexico, its type locality is the Laguna del Carpinte, near Tampico in Tamaulipas, which is alluded to in the specific name.[1]
It reaches a maximum size of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) SL.[2]
References
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Herichthys carpintis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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