Biology:Montecristo cichlid

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Montecristo cichlid
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Oscura
McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
Species:
O. heterospila
Binomial name
Oscura heterospila
(C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
Synonyms[2]
  • Vieja heterospilus Vieja heterospila
  • Theraps heterospila Cichlasoma heterospilum
  • Theraps heterospilum Herichthys heterospilus
  • Cichlasoma heterospilus
  • Theraps heterospilus

The Montecristo cichlid (Oscura heterospila) is a species of freshwater fish from the Atlantic slope of southern Mexico and Guatemala. This cichlid occurs in lagoons, creeks and rivers with slight to moderate current in the Grijalva–Usumacinta, Candelaria, Champotón and Coatzacoalcos river drainages.[1] It is currently recognized as the only species in its genus,[3][4] but it is closely related to –and possibly should be merged into– Vieja (a genus where it also has been placed in the past).[5] The Montecristo cichlid reaches up to 24 cm (9.4 in) in standard length.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lyons, T.J. & Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Oscura heterospila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T192922A2179904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192922A2179904.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192922/2179904. Retrieved 28 December 2021. 
  2. Bailly, Nicolas (2022). "Oscura heterospila (Hubbs, 1936)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1525351. 
  3. McMahan, C.D.; Matamoros, W.A.; Piller, K.R.; Chakrabarty, P. (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera". Zootaxa 3999 (2): 211–234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.3. PMID 26623572. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03999p234.pdf. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Oscura in FishBase. December 2021 version.
  5. Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K.; Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. 

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