Mesoheros atromaculatus

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Mesoheros
Species:

Name

Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1912)

Type locality: Tado, Río San Juan, Chocó, Colombia.

Etymology: .

Cichlosoma (Parapetenia) atromaculatum Regan, 1912
- Nandopsis atromaculata (Regan, 1912) -- Burgess, 2000
- Nandopsis atromaculatum (Regan, 1912) -- Burgess, 2000
- Cichlasoma atromaculatum (Regan, 1912) -- Kullander in Reis et al., 2003

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. Preview (PDF) Full text (PDF) Reference page.
Regan, C.T. 1912. Descriptions of new cichlid fishes from South America in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) 9 (53): 505–507. BHL Reference page.

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