Male in normal coloration
A male of Mesoheros festae in normal coloration in the aquarium of Dan Woodland, Ohio [USA]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (18-Nov-2006). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Mesoheros


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Mesoheros festae (Boulenger, 1899)

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Original description as Heros festae:

ZooBank:EE308DF5-8047-405C-BCBB-EEDCBAD8BC71.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. Poissons de l'Équateur". Bolletino del Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino. 14(335):1-8 (crc00345)

Conservation: Mesoheros festae is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.