Nosferatu labridens

Nosferatu labridens
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Nosferatu
Species: N. labridens
Binomial name
Nosferatu labridens
(Pellegrin, 1903)
Synonyms

Heros labridens Pellegrin, 1903
Cichlasoma labridens Pellegrin, 1903
Herichthys labridens Pellegrin, 1903

Nosferatu labridens, the Curve-bar cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to the Laguna Media Luna, and headwaters of the Río Verde (upriver from the waterfalls of Pinihuán), in the state of San Luis Potosí, between 1,000 and 1,100 meters above sea level, in the Panuco River basin of Mexico.[1] It reaches a maximum size of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL.[2][3]

References

  1. De La Maza-Benignos, M. & Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. (2013). "Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus". Zootaxa, 3734 (2): 101–129.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Herichthys labridens" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. De la Maza-Benignos, M., Ornelas-García, C. P., Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L., García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015). "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp.". Hydrobiologia, 748 (1): 201–231.