Rocio
For the Spanish girls' name, see Rocío.
| Rocio | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Jack Dempsey (R. octofasciata) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlasomatinae |
| Genus: | Rocio Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Heros octofasciatus Regan, 1903 | |
Rocio is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Mexico and northern Central America.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Rocio gemmata Contreras-Balderas & Schmitter-Soto, 2007 – from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Rocio ocotal Schmitter-Soto, 2007 – from Lake Ocotal, Mexico
- Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903) (Jack Dempsey) – from Honduras to southern Mexico
Etymology
The genus name is derived from name of J. J. Schmitter-Soto's wife. Meaning dew of the morning in Spanish, this ties in with the colorful spotting that is found in members of this genus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Rocio in FishBase. April 2013 version.