Cryptoheros

Cryptoheros

Cryptoheros sajica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Heroini
Genus:	Cryptoheros Allgayer, 2001
Type species
Heros spilurus Günther, 1862

Cryptoheros is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America and southeast Mexico. The genus currently contains 9 species. It includes species formerly included within the genus Archocentrus.^[1] The convict cichlid has sometimes been placed within the genus Cryptoheros as well, but is now considered a member of the genus Amatitlania.^[2]

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:^[3]

Cryptoheros altoflavus Allgayer, 2001, Panama
Cryptoheros chetumalensis Schmitter-Soto, 2007, Belize to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
Cryptoheros cutteri (Fowler, 1932), Atlantic side of Honduras to Guatemala
Cryptoheros myrnae (Loiselle, 1997) (Topaz cichlid), Atlantic side of Panama to Costa Rica
Cryptoheros nanoluteus (Allgayer, 1994), Panama
Cryptoheros panamensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913), Atlantic side of Panama
Cryptoheros sajica (W. A. Bussing, 1974) (T-bar cichlid), Atlantic side of Costa Rica
Cryptoheros septemfasciatus (Regan, 1908), Costa Rica
Cryptoheros spilurus (Günther, 1862) (Blue-eye cichlid), Lake Izabal drainage in Guatemala

References

↑ Schmitter-Soto, J. (2007). Zootaxa: A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes:Cichlidae), with a description of two new Genera and six new species (PDF). Magnolia Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-86977-160-7.
↑ "Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera". Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptoheros in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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