Male in the aquarium
A male of Maskaheros argenteus in the aquarium of Brian Traas [Netherlands]. Photo by Brian Traas. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Maskaheros


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Last updated on:
30-Jul-2020

Maskaheros argenteus (Allgayer, 1991)

China; Pozolera.


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Original description as Vieja argentus:

ZooBank:19805DE7-69AB-4968-B67C-0462B7D3819C.

  • Allgayer, Robert. 1991. "Vieja argentea (Pisces, Teleostei, Cichlidae) une espèce nouvelle d'Amérique centrale". Revue Française des Cichlidophiles. 114:2-15 (crc00017)

Conservation: Maskaheros argenteus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018). Given the large distribution range and the stable conditions in most of the places where M. argenteus inhabits, this in spite of the introduced species, the risk for its conservation seems to be low at the moment.