Bluemouth cichlid
The Bluemouth cichlid (Wajpamheros nourissati) is a species of cichlid found in Middle America. It is distributed in the Usumacinta River basin in México and Guatemala. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name honours the French cichlid specialist Jean Claude Nourissat (1942-2003), who collected type of this species.[2]
| Bluemouth cichlid | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Wajpamheros |
| Species: | W. nourissati |
| Binomial name | |
| Wajpamheros nourissati (Allgayer, 1989) | |
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References
- Říčan, O., Piálek, L., Dragová, K. & Novák, J. (2016): Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (1): 1-102.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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