Holotype
Holotype of Heros modestus stored at the collection of the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum) [Vienna], with registration code NMW 17354. Full rights of this picture remain at the NMW. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (28-Sep-2012).

Heros modestus Heckel, 1840


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Considered a synonym of Heros spurius Heckel, 1840

  • Kullander, Sven. 2003. "Family Cichlidae (Cichlids)". Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. 605-654 (crc01092)

Original description as Heros modestus:

ZooBank:769C7476-79F1-4971-8867-01C0635D21A3.

  • Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 325-471 (crc00007)