Paratypes
A group of six adult paratypes of Mayaheros urophthalmus zebra from the type locality as appear on figure 1-6 plate 15 of the original description. These specimens are stored in the Smithsonian Institution [Washington] with registration USNM 117507.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 zebra (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 zebra:

ZooBank:CFB592DF-9A80-452B-9B43-4BFA9010C150.

  • 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 zebra is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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