Mayaheros

Mayaheros
Mayaheros urophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlasomatinae
Genus:	Mayaheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016 [1]

Mayaheros is a genus of cichlid found in Middle America. This genus has a disjunct distribution, with the M. urophthalmus group being found in the Usumacinta ichthyological province in the Atlantic drainages of southeastern México (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo), Belize and eastern Guatemala, reaching also into Honduras, while M. beani is the northern-most cichlid in the Pacific drainages of Middle America in México.^[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Mayaheros aguadae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros alborus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros amarus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros beani (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Green guapote)
• Mayaheros cienagae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros conchitae (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros ericymba (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros mayorum (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros stenozonus (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)
• Mayaheros trispilus (C. L. Hubbs, 1935)
• Mayaheros troschelii (Steindachner, 1867)
• Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862) (Mayan cichlid)
• Mayaheros zebra (C. L. Hubbs, 1936)

References