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Chocoheros

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Genus of fishes

Chocoheros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Chocoheros
Říčan & Piálek, 2016
Species: C. microlepis
Binomial name
Chocoheros microlepis
(Dahl, 1960)
Synonyms

Cichlasoma microlepis Dahl, 1960

Chocoheros is a monotypic genus of cichlid. Its only known species is Chocoheros microlepis, found in South America. It is endemic to the single river basin of Rio Baudó on the Pacific side of Colombia.

References

  1. ^ Říčan, O.; Piálek, L.; Dragová, K.; Novák, J. (2016). "Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification". Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (1): 1–102. doi:10.3897/vz.66.e31534.
Taxon identifiers
Chocoheros
Chocoheros microlepis


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