Adult Male in the aquarium
A male of Mesoheros ornatus in the aquarium of Willem Heijns [Netherlands]. Photo by Willem Heijns. determiner Willem Heijns

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Mesoheros


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14-Sep-2009

Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905)


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Original description as Cichlosoma (Parapetenia) ornatum:

ZooBank:2A004CF1-1BFE-4883-A2CA-9A5017FE08DE.

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1905. "A revision of the fishes of the American cichlid genus Cichlosoma and of the allied genera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. [Series 7]16:60-77:225-243:316-340:433-445 (crc00042)

Conservation: Mesoheros ornatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2016).