Illustration of type
Illustration of type of Mayaheros urophthalmus amarus type as it appears in: Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1936. "XVII. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula". Carnegie Institute Washington Publications. (457) p. 273.Photo by anonymous . Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Mayaheros

Status
sub-species


Last updated on:
17-Apr-2015

Mayaheros urophthalmus amarus (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 amarum:

ZooBank:3367637E-84FE-465B-8C28-8485A4A35373.

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

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