Cryptoheros
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Cryptoheros
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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
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptoheros in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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