Herichthys

<i>Herichthys</i>

Herichthys

Genus of fishes

Herichthys is a genus of cichlid fishes native to North and Central America. Most are endemic to Mexico, but H. cyanoguttatus is also found in southern Texas (United States), and has been introduced to central Texas and Florida.

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In 2015, the genus was split in two, and seven species (H. bartoni, H. labridens, H. molango, H. pame, H. pantostictus, H. pratinus, and H. steindachneri) were moved into a new genus, Nosferatu.[2] The validity of the move and newly-erected genus was widely disputed by other icthyologists in the field;[3][4][5] consequently, the split was undone, and Nosferatu is no longer recognized as a valid genus by FishBase and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.[1][6]

Species

As of 2024, 14 species are recognized as valid by FishBase:[6]

Species of disputed validity

Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes only recognizes 11 species in Herichthys as valid, and considers the following species to be synonymous with other Herichthys species:[1]

References

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  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Herichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. [2]
    De la Maza-Benignos, Mauricio; Ornelas-García, Claudia Patricia; Lozano-Vilano, María de Lourdes; García-Ramírez, María Elena & Doadrio, Ignacio (April 2015) [6 May 2014]. "Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 201–231. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl:10261/126238. S2CID 16769534.
  3. [3]
    Mejía, Omar; Pérez-Miranda, Fabián; León-Romero, Yatzil; Soto-Galera, Eduardo & de Luna, Efraín (March 2015). "Morphometric variation of the Herichthys bartoni (Bean, 1892) species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae): How many species comprise H. labridens (Pellegrin, 1903)?". Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (1): 61–76. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140067. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. [4]
    Říčan, Oldřich; Piálek, Lubomír; Dragová, Klára & Novák, Jindřich (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. [5]
    Pérez-Miranda, Fabián; Mejía, Omar; López, Benjamin; Soto-Galera, Eduardo; Bernal-Portillo, Amairany; Matamoros, Wilfredo A. (7 December 2023). "Comparative phylogeography of two codistributed species of the genus Herichthys (Actinopterygii: Cichliformes: Cichlidae) in northeastern Mexico". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 53: 227–242. doi:10.3897/aiep.53.112183. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. [6]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Fish Identification: Find Species (Herichthys Baird & Girard, 1854)". FishBase. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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