Holotype
Mayaheros urophthalmus conchitae 64 mm SL holotype, as in appears on figure 3 plate 12 of the original description.Photo by Carl Leavitt Hubbs.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Mayaheros

Status
sub-species


Last updated on:
17-Apr-2015

Mayaheros urophthalmus conchitae (Hubbs, 1935)

Nominal species Mayaheros urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)

  • Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "XVII. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". The Cenotes of Yucatán, a Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. (457) pp. 157-287 (crc00250)

Original description as Cichlasoma urophthalmus conchitae:

ZooBank:23B8FC14-2256-48DF-B370-B60717A8E733.

  • Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "XVII. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". The Cenotes of Yucatán, a Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. (457) pp. 157-287 (crc00250)

Conservation: Mayaheros urophthalmus conchitae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species. Reported extinct in 1975 by Burkhead (2012).

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