| Taxon | Herichthys |
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| Authority | S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 |
| Type species | Herichthys cyanoguttatus |
| Type species authority | S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 |
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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.
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.[1] The validity of the move and newly erected genus was widely disputed by other ichthyologists in the field;[2][3][4] consequently, the split was undone, and Nosferatu is no longer recognized as a valid genus by FishBase and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.[5][6]
Species
As of 2024, 14 species are recognized as valid by FishBase:[6]
- Herichthys bartoni (T. H. Bean, 1892) (Barton's cichlid)
- Herichthys carpintis (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (pearlscale cichlid, lowland cichlid)
- Herichthys cyanoguttatus S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854 (Texas cichlid, Rio Grande cichlid)
- Herichthys deppii (Heckel, 1840) (Nautla cichlid)
- Herichthys labridens (Pellegrin, 1903) (curve-bar cichlid)
- Herichthys minckleyi (Kornfield & J. N. Taylor, 1983) (Minkley's cichlid)
- Herichthys pame De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
- Herichthys pantostictus (J. N. Taylor & R. R. Miller, 1983) (Chairel cichlid)
- Herichthys steindachneri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Steindachner's cichlid)
- Herichthys tamasopoensis Artigas Azas, 1993 (Tamasopo cichlid)
- Herichthys tepehua De la Maza-Benignos et. al, 2015
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:[5]
- H. molango (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013) — synonym of H. pantostictus
- Herichthys pratinus (De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013) — synonym of H. pantostictus
- Herichthys teporatus (Fowler, 1903) — synonym of Herichthys carpintis
References
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2015HyBio.748..201D. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8. hdl:10261/126238. S2CID 16769534
- ^ 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.
- ^ Říčan, Oldřich; Piálek, Lubomír; Dragová, Klára; Novák, Jindřich (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. Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
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